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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1940.231.A-I
Title
Set of Nine Sweetmeat Dishes Comprising a Circular Dish Featuring Shou Lao, the God of Longevity, Surrounded by Eight Trapezoidal Dishes, Each Featuring One of the Eight Immortals
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
late 16th-early 17th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/332184

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and with overglaze polychrome enamels added at a later date
Dimensions
assembled (approximate): H. 2.5 x Diam. 30.5 cm (1 x 12 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Samuel C. Davis
Accession Year
1940
Object Number
1940.231.A-I
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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