Shallow Dish
2nd century
Physical Qualities
Earthenware with green lead glaze, 1 5/8 × 8 1/8 in. (4.1 × 20.6 cm.)
Credit Line
Julius Levy Memorial Fund
Object Number
1939.241
The dish was covered with a dark green glaze that would have closely resembled the metal originals they copy. Exposure to moisture caused the glaze to deteriorate, lightening in color and assuming some iridescence.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1939; Parke-Bernet Galleries, Whitridge Collection, Sale #142, Nov. 16-18, 1939; William H. Whitridge, Baltimore; Hart Collection, Shanghai
'The Whitridge Collection of Chinese Pottery and Porcelain,' The Baltimore Museum of Art, 6/1-10/15/1930.
Walters Art Gallery, January 1950.
Walters Art Gallery, January 1950.
'The Whitridge Collection of Chinese Pottery and Porcelain,' Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art,1930, no. 631, ill.
Whitridge Collection, NY: Parke-Bernet, 1939, no.250.
Frances Klapthor, 'Chinese Ceramics,' Baltimore: BMA, 1993, no. 47, p. 52.
