明萬曆 景德鎮窯青花愛蓮圖盤|Dish with scholar by a lotus pond
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Date unknown · Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue (Jingdezhen ware) · Asian Art
On this dish, a scholar sits beneath a tree while an attendant picks lotus flowers. The scene recalls a story of the Song-dynasty scholar-official Zhou Dunyi (1017–73), who was known for his fondness of the lotus, a sign of a nature lover.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- Date unknown
- Medium
- Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue (Jingdezhen ware)
- Culture
- China
- Department
- Asian Art
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1923
