Footed dish

18th century

This dish’s soft blue glaze resonates with the past by alluding to Song dynasty (960–1279) imperial stoneware, like that commissioned by the artist-collector Emperor Huizong (reigned 1100–25). The Qing dynasty’s imperial collection held rare ceramics from the Song and Ming dynasties. Perhaps with Huizong’s achievements in mind, the Qianlong emperor ordered new creations reviving earlier styles and techniques—to honor them and to demonstrate his own reign’s ceramic achievements.

Porcelain with sky-blue cobalt glaze

1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm), height

5 in. (12.7 cm), diameter

Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection

35.239

Photo: Paul Macapia

Now on view at the Asian Art Museum

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Porcelain Stories: From China to Europe, Feb. 17 - May 7, 2000.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Glaze, Pattern and Image: Decoration in Chinese Ceramics, Sept. 7 - Nov. 19, 2002.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Boundless: Stories of Asian Art, Feb. 8, 2020 - ongoing.

Published ReferencesEmerson, Julie, Jennifer Chen, & Mimi Gardner Gates, "Porcelain Stories, From China to Europe", Seattle Art Museum, 2000, pg. 122

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