Dish 青花釉裏紅漁人紋盤

Ceramics
China

Subject/design:

Fisherman in a landscape

Materials:

Porcelain

Technique:

Painted in underglaze blue and red

Date:

Ming dynasty (1368-1644), second quarter of the 17th century

Size:

Diam. 20,8 cm

Place of origin:

China, Jiangxi, imperial kilns of Jingdezhen

Description:

Of saucer shape with curving rim; low foot. Painted inside with a fisherman in a boat under a willow, and three swimming fish in copper-red, surrounded by a border with seven auspicious objetcts. The glaze has gritty imperfections, and grit adheres to the foot.

Inventory number:

CB.CC.1944.229

Copyright:

Fondation Baur

Photographer:

Marian Gérard