VesselsChinese12th-13th century

Flat Circular Dish with Everted Rim and with Decoration of Two Geese in Flight amidst Clouds, the Geese Carrying Blossoming Branches in Their Beaks

late 12th-early 13th century

Classification

Vessels

Medium

Ding ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over mold-impressed decoration, the unglazed rim bound with metal. From the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.

Culture

Chinese

Period

Jin dynasty, 1115-1234

Century

12th-13th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

H. 1.5 x Diam. 14.3 cm (9/16 x 5 5/8 in.)

Provenance

[Bluett & Sons Ltd., London] sold; to Ralph C. Marcove, M.D., New York (by 1991), gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1991.

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