Circular Dish with Decoration of a Woman Holding a "Ruyi" Scepter
VesselsChinese17th century

Circular Dish with Decoration of a Woman Holding a "Ruyi" Scepter

early Kangxi period, last third of the 17th century

Classification
Vessels
Medium
Blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; the rim darked with underglaze iron-brown slip; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
Culture
Chinese
Period
Qing dynasty, 1644-1911
Century
17th century
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

Diam. 16.5 × H. 4.5 cm (6 1/2 × 1 3/4 in.)

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