VesselsChinese15th-16th century

Large Circular Dish with Decoration of Flowering and Fruiting Branches

Hongzhi period, 1488-1505

Classification

Vessels

Medium

Enameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue, the designs reserved against a ground of overglaze yellow enamel; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Hongzhi nian zhi" within a double circle on the base

Culture

Chinese

Period

Ming dynasty, 1368-1644

Century

15th-16th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

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)