Large Circular Dish with Decoration of Flowering and Fruiting Branches
Hongzhi period, 1488-1505
Dimensions
H. 4.9 x Diam. 26.5 cm (1 15/16 x 10 7/16 in.)
Provenance
[J.T. Tai & Co., New York, ?], sold; to David Berg, New York (?–1999), bequest; to Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University, 1999. Note: David Berg (1904–1999)
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