Dish with dragon design, one of a pair with F1992.5
Object Details
- Description
- One of a pair of blue and white porcelain dishes early Kangxi period, each shallow circular saucer painted with two dragons contesting a flaming pearl in the center and with white waves and demi-florettes on blue wash grounds at the rim, the underside with ribbon-tied emblems and the base with a square seal within a double ring.
- Inscriptions
- (From J.J. Lally appraisal, January 1992) The base with a square seal within a double ring.
- Provenance
- To 1992
- John Gruber, New York to 1992
- From 1992
- Freer Gallery of Art, given by John Gruber in 1992
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- The Peacock Room in Blue and White [2019-2022] (May 18, 2019 to June 1, 2022)
- The Peacock Room (May 2, 1923 to February 21, 2011)
- Previous custodian or owner
- John Gruber
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. John Gruber in memory of John Alexander Pope
- mid 17th-early 18th century
- Period
- Qing dynasty
- Accession Number
- F1992.6
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
- Dimensions
- H x Diam: 3.4 × 20.6 cm (1 5/16 × 8 1/8 in)
- Style
- Jingdezhen ware
- Origin
- Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- ceramic
- dragon
- Jingdezhen ware
- Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
- cobalt pigment
- China
- porcelain
- Chinese Art
- Record ID
- fsg_F1992.6
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3df5d8e2b-0cf0-4449-a0c4-83ea79622ce2
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