Period:Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Chenghua period (1465–87) Date:mid- to late 15th century Culture:China Medium:Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware) Dimensions:H. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm); Diam. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm); Diam. of foot 5 in. (12.7 cm) Classification:Ceramics Credit Line:Gift of Alan and Simone Hartman, 1981 Accession Number:1981.81.1 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.
Period:Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Chenghua period (1465–87) Date:mid- to late 15th century Culture:China Medium:Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware) Dimensions:H. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm); Diam. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm); Diam. of foot 5 in. (12.7 cm) Classification:Ceramics Credit Line:Gift of Alan and Simone Hartman, 1981 Accession Number:1981.81.1 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.