Dish with foliated rim and Chinese landscape
Datelate 15th to early 16th century
Maker
Vietnamese
Label TextThis dish features a charming landscape design in the center with thirteen lotus petals enclosing gong-shaped clouds on the cavetto. The richness of the cobalt underglaze and the elegant decoration reveal why such wares were valued throughout Asia.
Object number2000.118
Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Luminous: The Art of Asia, Oct. 13, 2011 - Jan. 8, 2012.
Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Boundless: Stories of Asian Art, Feb. 8, 2020 - ongoing.Published References"Seattle Art Museum: Bridging Cultures." London: Scala Publishers Ltd. for the Seattle Art Museum, 2007, p. 70.
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).Credit LineMary and Cheney Cowles, the Margaret E. Fuller Fund, and the 1999 Maryatt Gala Fund
Dimensions13 1/4" diameter
MediumStoneware with underglaze cobalt-blue decoration
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