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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1940.249
Title
Circular Dish with Decoration of Daoist Immortal Lü Dongbin Dressed as a Scholar Floating on a Cloud
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
Tianqi period, 1621-1627
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen
Period
Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/205884

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and with overglaze polychrome enamels added at a later date; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Tianqi nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
Dimensions
H. 3.8 x Diam. 16.5 cm (1 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Samuel C. Davis
Accession Year
1940
Object Number
1940.249
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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