清康熙 景德鎮窯五彩擲果盈車圖大盤|Platter with the story of Pan An

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early 18th century · Porcelain painted with overglaze polychrome enamels (Jingdezhen ware) · Asian Art

This large platter exemplifies typical wucai (five-color) ware from the Kangxi period, a golden age of enameled porcelain. The era saw the developed of unprecedented fresh hues and rich varieties of enamel, including the recently invented overglaze blue. The platter most likely depicts the talented writer Pan An (247–300) being showered with fruit. Unusually, the cart pulled by a goat refers to another handsome young man Wei Jie (286–312), even though he is not associated with fruit. The ceramic artist freely combined the tales into a composite scene.

Artist

Unknown

Date

early 18th century

Medium

Porcelain painted with overglaze polychrome enamels (Jingdezhen ware)

Culture

China

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Bequest of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1960