Object Details
Description
Dish with slightly flaring plain rim. Polychrome.
Clay: fine white porcelain.
Glaze: transparent.
Decoration: five-clawed dragons among clouds in overglaze iron red inside and out.
6-character Hsuan-te mark in underglaze blue on base.
Marks
6-character Xuande mark in underglaze blue on base.
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History
Looking Out, Looking In: Art in Late Imperial China (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)
Luxury and Luminosity: Visual Culture and the Ming Court (July 3, 2004 to June 26, 2005)
Chinese Ceramics (May 9, 1993 to April 17, 1995)
Chinese Ceramics (March 15, 1982 to July 10, 1986)
Chinese Art (March 9, 1981 to March 12, 1982)
Chinese Ceramics (May 9, 1980 to March 6, 1981)
Chinese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to September 4, 1980)
Chinese Calligraphy and Ceramics (April 18, 1977 to April 8, 1978)
Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)
Credit Line
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Date
1426-1435
Period
Ming dynasty, Xuande Reign
Accession Number
F1965.4
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Vessel
Medium
Porcelain with cobalt under clear glaze, enamel over glaze
Dimensions
H x Diam: 3.7 × 19 cm (1 7/16 × 7 1/2 in)
Style
Jingdezhen ware
Origin
Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China
On View
West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 13: Looking Out, Looking In: Art in Late Imperial China
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Data Source
National Museum of Asian Art
Topic
ceramic
dragon
Jingdezhen ware
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Xuande reign (1426 - 1435)
cloud
China
porcelain
Chinese Art
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Record ID
fsg_F1965.4