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mid- to late 15th century · Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware) · Asian Art

Suggestive of an evening in early spring, and a subject of Chinese poetry, the theme of a flowering plum under a crescent moon first appears in Chinese ceramics in the twelfth century. On this dish, a dramatic rock of the type that was mined at Lake Tai on the border of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Province, and used for gardens, has been added to the scene.

Artist

Unknown

Date

mid- to late 15th century

Medium

Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware)

Culture

China

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Gift of Alan and Simone Hartman, 1981