Légende

Platter, ceramics, colored porcelain, Qing dynasty Tongzhi period, 1862–1874, Chinese, diameter 24.5 cm, height 5.8 cm. 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. Function: vessel., A shallow, oval ceramic dish with an octagonal foot sits on a reflective surface against a pale gray background; the dish has a pale greenish-white base color with decorative motifs in pink, red, blue, yellow, green, purple, and gold along its rim and sides, including a repeating pink border inside the rim, stylized floral or ribbon-like designs in blue, purple, red, and yellow on the exterior panels, and a green decorative band around the foot, with the upper edge highlighted in gold.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A22_019

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

61.8Mo (798.6Ko) / 50.8cm x 30.5cm / 6000 x 3600 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Platter ceramics colored porcelain Qing dynasty Tongzhi period 1862–1874 Chinese diameter 24.5 cm height 5.8 cm mirror Taoist sign Taiji two stylized birds intertwined surrounded symbols Eight Immortals corresponding trigrams outer rim decorated Buddhist symbols Function vessel shallow oval ceramic dish octagonal foot sits reflective surface pale gray background dish pale greenish-white base color decorative motifs pink red blue yellow green purple gold rim sides repeating border inside stylized floral ribbon- designs exterior panels green decorative band foot upper edge highlighted gold.