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Side dish with 'hai shou' (sea creatures)

CultureChinese
OriginJingdezhen, Jiangxi, China
PeriodQing dynasty (1644-1911), Kangxi period (1662-1722)
Datec.1670-1700
MediumPorcelain with underglaze cobalt blue
DimensionsOverall (G01.2.57): 3.8 x 17.1 cm (1 1/2 x 6 3/4 in.)
MarkingsNone
DescriptionChinese porcelain side dish, blue and white with flared rim. The central medallion is painted with a winged elephant on wave ground (after 15th century original). The rim has a frieze with eight mythical animals and dragon, and the reverse frieze with similar design under scrolled trefoil band.
Credit LineThe Robert Murray Bell and Ann Walker Bell Collection of Chinese Blue and White Porcelain
Object numberG01.2.57
Classifications
Asian Ceramics
Sub-classification
Chinese Porcelain
Status
On view
Photographer: Toni Hafkenscheid
18th century
Object number: G01.2.97.1-3
Photographer: Toni Hafkenscheid
c.1723-1735
Object number: G01.2.93
Photographer: Toni Hafkenscheid
c.1680-1730
Object number: G01.2.85.1-2
Photographer: Toni Hafkenscheid
c.1736-1795
Object number: G01.2.95
Photographer: Toni Hafkenscheid
c.1550-1600
Object number: G01.2.15
Photographer: Toni Hafkenscheid
c.1573-1620
Object number: G01.2.16
Photographer: Toni Hafkenscheid
c.1550-1640
Object number: G01.2.102
Photographer: Toni Hafkenscheid
c.1680-1730
Object number: G01.2.89.1-2
Set of Four Plates from a Dessert or Dinner Service
Artist / Maker: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
1796-1799
Object number: G19.10.6.1-4
Photographer: Toni Hafkenscheid
c.1550-1600
Object number: G01.2.25
Photographer: Toni Hafkenscheid
c.1567-1572
Object number: G01.2.14
Photographer: Toni Hafkenscheid
c.1600-1620
Object number: G01.2.32.1-2