Dish with Flowers and Birds

Medium

Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware)

Dimensions

H. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm); Diam. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm); Diam. of foot 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm)

Classification

Ceramics

Culture & Period

China · Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Jiajing period (1522–66)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Stanley Herzman, in memory of Adele Herzman, 1991

Accession Number

1991.253.48