Dish
Date1830-1880
Geography
Made -
China
Medium/TechniquePorcelain (hard-paste)
DimensionsOverall (H x W x D): 1 1/16 in. x 7 7/8 in. x 5 5/8 in. (2.7 cm x 20 cm x 14.29 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, 1950
Object numberW-1502/A
DescriptionOctagonal dish or sauce tureen stand with notched or indented corners and a deep well on a shallow raised foot. The stand features underglaze cobalt blue decoration. Centered in the well is a right-anchored landscape with a pavilion complex, willow tree, and the fronds of a branch emerging at right along the well. A single-masted ship appears in the river just below center and there is a flat-top bridge in the foreground at bottom. The sides of the well feature a trellis-diaper border. The rim has an outer narrow band of hatched lines on a blue ground, a wider central diamond and asterisk or starred network band, and an inner "rain and cloud" border of diagonal dashes and a scalloped line. Pattern Name: Canton
Published References
MarkingsInscribed on the underside of this dish, under the glaze: "II," with a line through it, and "II".
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