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Plate

16th century

The exterior is decorated with five florets alternating with six grass patterns. The design of this plate, in terms of its form, motifs, and palette, appears more reminiscent of that of the Iznik plate than of Chinese Ming prototypes.

Stonepaste with underglaze-blue, black, and sage-green decoration

2 3/8 in. (6.03 cm), height

12 in. (30.5 cm), diameter

Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection

57.17

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

Published ReferencesFinlay, Robert. "The Pilgrim Art: Cultures of Porcelain in World History". Berkeley, Los Angeles and London: University of California Press, 2010, illustrated pl. 23

Emerson, Julie, Jennifer Chen, & Mimi Gardner Gates. "Porcelain Stories, From China to Europe." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 2000, p. 98.

Foong, Ping, Xiaojin Wu, and Darielle Mason. "An Asian Art Museum Transformed." Orientations vol. 51, no. 3 (May/June 2020): p. 61, reproduced fig. 22 (installation view).

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