VesselsChinese17th century

Circular Dish with Decoration of a Woman Holding a "Ruyi" Scepter

early Kangxi period, last third of the 17th century

Classification

Vessels

Medium

Blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; the rim darked with underglaze iron-brown slip; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" within a double circle on the base

Culture

Chinese

Period

Qing dynasty, 1644-1911

Century

17th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

Diam. 16.5 × H. 4.5 cm (6 1/2 × 1 3/4 in.)

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