Caption

Platter, ceramics, colored porcelain, painted with the Taoist Taiji symbol as two stylized intertwined birds, surrounded by the Eight Immortals and their corresponding trigrams; outer rim decorated with Buddhist symbols. Qing dynasty, Tongzhi period 1862–1874, China. Vessel. Height 5.8 cm; diameter 24.5 cm., A shallow, footed ceramic dish with an octagonal rim sits centered on a reflective surface; the dish is primarily pale celadon with painted decoration in red, blue, green, yellow, and gold, including interlaced knot motifs and stylized cloud or flame elements around the exterior and a red patterned border along the inner rim; the foot is decorated with green leafy or wave-like patterns and small circular dots, and the rim has a thin gold edging; the background is a uniform light gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A22_023

License type

Rights managed

Available size

61.8Mb (749.0Kb) / 20.0in x 12.0in / 6000 x 3600 (300dpi)

Keywords

Platter ceramics colored porcelain painted Taoist Taiji symbol two stylized intertwined birds surrounded Eight Immortals corresponding trigrams outer rim decorated Buddhist symbols Qing dynasty Tongzhi period 1862–1874 China Vessel Height 5.8 cm diameter 24.5 cm shallow footed ceramic dish octagonal sits centered reflective surface dish primarily pale celadon painted decoration red blue green yellow gold interlaced knot motifs stylized cloud flame elements exterior patterned border inner rim foot green leafy wave- patterns small circular dots thin gold edging background uniform light gray.