Large Dish with Flying Cranes
c. 1620
Description
This is a large dish with upturned rim, fluted cavetto, and low, hollow foot ring. The center is painted in under-glaze cobalt blue with a design of four cranes amid clouds. There are three shades of blue, with the darkest used for outlines and stippling. The exterior or underside is sparely decorated with a peach spray. In the center of the foot ring is a faint "tassel mark."
Dimensions
7.5 x 41.7 cm (2 15/16 x 16 7/16 in.)
Provenance
Private collection, London. [Irene Momtaz, Momtaz Islamic Art, London, 2005], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2005.
Related Artworks
View MoreNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated magenta and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 10 (shi) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseLead-glazed funerary ware: brick-red earthenware with lead-fluxed, emerald-green glaze over molded decoration
2nd-3rd century CEChineseCeramic
18th centuryJapaneseEarthenware with green lead glaze
1st century BCE-1st century CEChineseTerracotta
1st century BCE-1st century CERomanYue ware: light gray stoneware with incised, molded, gouged, and appliqué decoration under celadon glaze. From the Yue kilns in the Shaoxing area, northeastern Zhejiang province.
3rd-4th century CEChineseTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekSilver, fruitwood
18th centuryBritishCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Qianlong nian zhi" in seal-script characters on the base
18th centuryChineseFritware, black painted under turquoise glaze
13th centurySyrian