The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 4, 2023

Yellow-ground Dish with Spray of Gardenia in cobalt blue

1506–21

China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Zhengde mark and reign

(1506-21)

Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze enamel decoration

Diameter: 19.7 cm (7 3/4 in.)

The MCH Foundation, Inc. 19.2018

Location

238 Chinese Ceramics

Inscriptions

Inscription

大明正德年製

Inscription Translation

Da Ming Zhengde nian zhi (Made in the Zhengde reign of the Ming dynasty)

Inscription Remark

Zhengde six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle

Provenance
1980s-2018
Acquired in Japan, 1980s
2018
(Christie's, New York, 13-14 September 2018, lot no. 1336)
2018-present
The MCH Foundation, 2018-present
Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/19.2018