Dish with Figures in a Chinese Garden
Unknown Artist
1700s
Medium
Porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze color enamel and gold, with iron oxide rim (Arita ware)
Dimensions
diam. 21 cm · height: h. 3.2 cm
Classification
Ceramic
Department
Japanese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
Accession Number
1964.257
About this artwork
This dish is inscribed with a poem from The Gateless Gate, a text compiled by Chinese Chan (Zen) master Wumen Huikai (1183–1260). The verse reads, “I always remember the spring in Jiangnan. Where the partridges sing; how fragrant the countless flowers!”