Dish with Blossoming Plum and Crescent Moon, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Chenghua period (1465–87), mid- to late 15th century, China, Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware), H. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm); Diam. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm); Diam. of foot 5 in. (12.7 cm), Ceramics, Suggestive of an evening in early spring, and a subject of Chinese poetry, the theme of a flowering plum under a crescent moon first appears in Chinese ceramics in the twelfth century. On this dish, a dramatic rock of the type that was mined at Lake Tai on the border of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Province, and used for gardens, has been added to the scene
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Dish, Blossoming Plum, Crescent Moon, Ming dynasty, 1368–1644, Chenghua period, 1465–87, mid, late 15th century, China, Porcelain painted, cobalt blue under transparent glaze, Jingdezhen ware, H, 1 3/4, 4.4 cm, Diam, 8 1/2, 21.6, foot 5, 12.7, Ceramics, Suggestive, evening, early spring, subject, Chinese poetry, theme, flowering plum under, crescent moon, first ceramics, twelfth, dish, dramatic rock, type, mined, Lake Tai, border, Jiangsu, Zhejiang Province, gardens, added, scene
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