Porcelain with celadon glaze and cobalt pigment under clear glaze
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 8.5 x 47 x 47 cm (3 3/8 x 18 1/2 x 18 1/2 in)
Style:
Jingdezhen ware
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Imperial kiln, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China
Date:
1723-1735
Period:
Qing dynasty, Yongzheng reign mark and period
Description:
Large dish with flaring rounded sides, narrow everted rim, rounded unglazed foot rim dressed with brown wash.
Clay: white porcelain.
Glaze: celadon of Longquan type, translucent light green, medium gloss, slight orange-skin texture, base glazed; white body shows through where glaze thins at rim edge and over high parts of molded relief.
Decoration: molded design of dragon and clouds, bottom of inside; outside of cavetto, molded overlapping lotus petals. The central panel, which measures same as base, is slightly recessed. The three-clawed dragon has profile head and a scroll-ended tail.
Marks:
Seal form of Yongzheng reign mark in underglaze blue on base.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
Looking Out, Looking In: Art in Late Imperial China (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)
Shades of Green and Blue: Chinese Celadon Ceramics (July 15, 1997 to September 7, 2004)
A Decade of Discovery: Selected Acquisitions 1970-1980 (November 9, 1979 to May 22, 1980)
