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Vegetable dish

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1820-1840

GUSN

GUSN-6791

Description

Blue and white; oval with scalloped edge; berry knob finial; exterior of dish has four sprigs of flowers; outer border of dish is trellis and spearhead with double dot; border on cover and inner border of interior of dish is trellis with reserves of scrolls and stylized flowers; landscape scene on cover and interor of dish; three-story pavillion, center; various other buildings on rocky terrain with trees; bridge in foreground with hunched figure with parasol; figure in fishing boat heads downstream toward bridge.

Details

Descriptive Terms

vegetable dishes
porcelain
underglazing
Chinese export
Chinese
Porcelain
Underglazed
Nanking
Chinese Export
DISH, VEGETABLE

Additional Identification Number

1957.148A,B

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

China

Dimensions

8.5 (W) (inches)

Accession Number

1957.148AB

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