Caption

Platter, ceramics, colored porcelain, Qing dynasty, Tongzhi period 1862–1874, Chinese, decorated with the Taoist Taiji sign in the form of two stylized birds intertwined, surrounded by the Eight Immortals and their corresponding trigrams; outer rim decorated with Buddhist symbols. Vessel; height 5.8 cm, diameter 24.5 cm., A shallow, octagonal porcelain dish with a raised foot, displayed against a plain light gray background, showing pale celadon and white glaze with painted decorative motifs in colors including green, blue, red, brown, and gold; the rim has a reddish-brown border pattern, the exterior sides feature a few stylized floral and ribbon-like designs in blue and red with touches of yellow and brown, and the foot is decorated with green wave-like patterns and small pale dots; the dish casts a soft reflection on the glossy surface below.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A22_021

License type

Rights managed

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61.8Mb (759.9Kb) / 20.0in x 12.0in / 6000 x 3600 (300dpi)

Keywords

Platter ceramics colored porcelain Qing dynasty Tongzhi period 1862–1874 Chinese decorated Taoist Taiji sign form two stylized birds intertwined surrounded Eight Immortals corresponding trigrams outer rim Buddhist symbols Vessel height 5.8 cm diameter 24.5 cm shallow octagonal porcelain dish raised foot displayed plain light gray background showing pale celadon white glaze painted decorative motifs colors green blue red brown gold reddish-brown border pattern exterior sides feature stylized floral ribbon- designs touches yellow foot green wave- patterns small pale dots dish casts soft reflection glossy surface .