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Unknown Maker, Chinese

Plate with Floral and Dragon Designs
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Maker

Unknown Maker, Chinese

Culture

Chinese

Title

Plate with Floral and Dragon Designs

Period

Qing Dynasty

Year

late 1600s-early 1700s

Medium

  • Porcelain with glaze and enamel

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Porcelain with glaze and enamel

Materials

porcelain

Geography

Origin: China, Qing Dynasty, 1644-1911; Kangxi Era, 1662-1722

Dimensions

Height: 4.5 cm (1 3/4 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Bequest of John M. Crawford, Jr.

Object Number

1989.110.57

Type

  • Ceramics

Publications

  • Books

The Crawford Bequest: Chinese Objects in the Collection of the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, An Exhibition by the Department of History of Art and Architecture, Brown University, February 6 through March 14, 1993.

Exhibition History

Asian Art Galleries
Jun 10, 2014

Label copy

Two decorative techniques are combined on this porcelain plate. A design of chrysanthemum and mallow blooms is painted in yellow, green, and purple enamels over a surface incised with a five-clawed dragon leaping for a flaming pearl.

In Chinese design, dragons with five claws are imperial symbols; dragons are otherwise portrayed with three or four claws. A six-character mark (Da Qing Kangxi nian zhi) on the base indicates the plate’s origin in the imperial kilns of Jingdezhen.

Rockefeller Asian Art Gallery

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

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Unknown Maker, Chinese
Plate with Floral and Dragon Designs, late 1600s-early 1700s
Porcelain with glaze and enamel
Height: 4.5 cm (1 3/4 inches)
Bequest of John M. Crawford, Jr. 1989.110.57

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