Dish with poem and design of orchid and rock

Small dish with upcurving sides.
Clay: porcelain.
Glaze: lustrous clear glaze.
Decoration: in cobalt pigment under the glaze, design of orchids beside an ornamental garden rock, accompanied by a poem written in Chinese, consisting of two lines of five characters each.
Mark: On the base is an abstracted signature that may be ornamental.

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Historical period(s)
Ming or Qing dynasty, mid 17th century
Medium
Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
Style
Jingdezhen ware
Dimensions
H x W: 3 x 15.4 cm (1 3/16 x 6 1/16 in)
Geography
China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Study Collection
Accession Number
FSC-P-4773
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Dish

Keywords
China, Jingdezhen ware, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644), porcelain
Provenance

To 1999
John and Betty Menke, Rye, New York, purchased at a sale in the United States at an unknown date. [1]

From 1999
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of John and Betty Menke, Rye, New York. [2]

Notes:

[1] John Menke purchased this dish at a sale in the United States at an unknown date. See Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record.

[2] See Acquisition Consideration Form, copy in object file, Collections Management Office.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Betty and John R. Menke

Description

Small dish with upcurving sides.
Clay: porcelain.
Glaze: lustrous clear glaze.
Decoration: in cobalt pigment under the glaze, design of orchids beside an ornamental garden rock, accompanied by a poem written in Chinese, consisting of two lines of five characters each.
Mark: On the base is an abstracted signature that may be ornamental.

Published References
  • Louise Allison Cort, George Williams, David P. Rehfuss. Ceramics in Mainland Southeast Asia. Washington. .
Collection Area(s)
Chinese Art
Web Resources
Ceramics in Mainland Southeast Asia
Google Cultural Institute
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