Dish with Dragons, Pomegranates, and Peaches
Unknown Artist
1662–1722
Medium
Porcelain with incised and enamel decoration, susancai ware
Dimensions
diam. 24.8 cm
Classification
Ceramic
Department
Chinese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund
Accession Number
1930.313
About this artwork
Various techniques are applied to the decoration of susancai or "plain three-color" ware. The hidden dragons are incised, over which are painted decoration of fruit and flower sprays outlined with black pigment and colored with yellow, green, turquoise, and purplish brown enamels. The ground is filled with ivory enamel over unglazed clay.