Jingdezhen kilns
Dish Decorated with a Basket of Flowers
1599
Physical Qualities
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt decoration, 2 (irreg.) H × 11 1/4 Diam. in. (5-5.5 × 28.6 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mark S. Pratt, Washington, D.C.
Object Number
2021.75
A basket of three chrysanthemums and an artemisia leaf sits on top of a low table on a veranda with the railing behind it; the composition is surrounded by an octagonal, bracketed frame which is set against a background of alternating scale and diaper patterns. The wide rim is decorated with shaped panels, four containing single motifs (an artemisia leaf, a scroll, a flaming pearl, and a drum) separated by four containing a single flower.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2021; Mark S. Pratt, Washington, D.C. by purchase, 1958; [unidentified source] Tokyo
Collection installation, "Asia. 1,000 Years of Exchange across East Asia", Levy Gallery, Baltimore Museum of Art, October 5, 2024-
On View: Levy Gallery 1, Case 05/A
