Large side dish with peaches and flowers
CultureChinese
OriginJingdezhen, Jiangxi, China
PeriodQing dynasty (1644-1911), Yongzheng period (1723-1735)
Datec.1723-1735
MediumPorcelain with underglaze cobalt blue
DimensionsOverall: 6 x 27.5 cm (2 3/8 x 10 13/16 in.)
MarkingsSix character mark in double circle, 'Da Qing Yongzheng nian zhi' (Made in the Yongzheng reign of the great Qing dynasty)
DescriptionChinese porcelain side dish, blue and white, with a central scene painted in 15th century style (heaped and piled details). It has nine peaches on branches, and is inside double line borders with the reverse frieze a convolvulus meander.
Credit LineThe Robert Murray Bell and Ann Walker Bell Collection of Chinese Blue and White Porcelain
Object numberG01.2.93
Classifications
Asian CeramicsSub-classification
Chinese PorcelainStatus
On view
c.1680
Object number: G01.2.63