Side dish with 'Baxian' (Eight Daoist Immortals)

CultureChinese

OriginJingdezhen, Jiangxi, China

PeriodQing dynasty (1644-1911)

Datec.1650-1660

MediumPorcelain with underglaze cobalt blue

DimensionsOverall: 4 x 21.2 cm (1 9/16 x 8 3/8 in.)

MarkingsUnidentifiable mark

DescriptionChinese porcelain side dish, blue and white with recessed base and narrow foot ring. It is painted with eight immortals on rocky ledge above a distant landscape, and has a brown oxide dressed rim.

Credit LineThe Robert Murray Bell and Ann Walker Bell Collection of Chinese Blue and White Porcelain

Object numberG01.2.54

Classifications

Asian Ceramics

Sub-classification

Chinese Porcelain

Collections

Status

Not on view

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