Charger with Foliate Rim and Peacock Decoration
VesselsChinese14th century

Charger with Foliate Rim and Peacock Decoration

mid-14th century

Classification
Vessels
Technique
Blue-and-white ware
Medium
Blue-and-white ware: porcelain with molded decoration and underglaze cobalt blue
Culture
Chinese
Period
Yuan dynasty, 1279-1368
Century
14th century
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

overall (max.): H. 8 × Diam. (across points) 48.9 cm (3 1/8 × 19 1/4 in.) footring: Diam. 25.2 cm (9 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Nicholas Marshall Cummins (by 1891–1904), by inheritance; to Martina Josephine Cummins (1904–1945), by inheritance; to Philip Cummins (1945–after 1955), sold; to Richard Bryant Hobart, Cambridge, MA (after 1955–1961), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1961. Notes: 1. Collector Nicholas Marshall Cummins (1834/5–1904), an Irish engineer employed by the British East Indian Railway Co. who retired to Magog, Quebec, Canada in 1891. 2. Martina Josephine Cummins (d. 1945), wife of Nicholas Marshall Cummins 3. Philip Cummins (1884–1986), son of Nicholas Marshall Cummins 4. Richard Bryant Hobart (1885–1963), Harvard College Class of 1906

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