Caption

Platter, ceramics, colored porcelain, Chinese, Qing dynasty Tongzhi, 1862–1874. In the mirror, the Taoist sign Taiji appears as two stylized birds intertwined, surrounded by the symbols of the Eight Immortals and their corresponding trigrams. The outer rim is decorated with Buddhist symbols. Vessel; height 5.8 cm, diameter 24.5 cm., A low, shallow ceramic dish with an octagonal rim sits on a short octagonal foot; the dish is predominantly pale light green or celadon with painted decorative motifs in blue, red, green, yellow, and gold along its sides and inner rim, including floral and ribbon-like designs and a repeating geometric border inside; the exterior rim has a worn gold trim, and the foot shows green leaf-like patterns and a band of darker green on a white ground; the piece rests on a reflective grey surface against a plain light grey background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A22_022

License type

Rights managed

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61.8Mb (756.0Kb) / 20.0in x 12.0in / 6000 x 3600 (300dpi)

Keywords

Platter ceramics colored porcelain Chinese Qing dynasty Tongzhi 1862–1874 mirror Taoist sign Taiji two stylized birds intertwined surrounded symbols Eight Immortals corresponding trigrams outer rim decorated Buddhist symbols Vessel height 5.8 cm diameter 24.5 cm low shallow ceramic dish octagonal rim sits short octagonal foot dish predominantly pale light green celadon painted decorative motifs blue red green yellow gold sides inner rim floral ribbon- designs repeating geometric border inside exterior rim worn gold trim foot green leaf- patterns band darker green white ground piece rests reflective grey surface plain light grey background.