Covered dish
(1573-1620)
Medium
porcelain, enamel
Measurements
(a-b) 13.0 × 22.3 cm diameter (overall)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of H. W. Kent, 1938
Gallery location
Asian Art - Chinese Gallery
Level 1, NGV International
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, south-east China, China
Inscription
painted in brush and blue ink on base (in Chinese characters) c.: (mark of Wanli in double circle)
Accession Number
3729.a-b-D3
Department
Asian Art
Physical description
Rounded dish, interior with central with six side compartments; each compartment with birds in flowering bush and eccentric rock; exterior with birds in flowering bushes and eccentric rocks, scrolling foliage foot band.
Lid: domed with knob; outer band of birds and bushes with eccentric rocks, inner band of scholars and attendants in landscape with pines, stylized floral motif at knob, rim band of scroll work.