Plate

Museum number:
9-12694
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090012694
Alternate number:
3189 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.05
Description:
China. Plate, porcelain. Wide, somewhat curved up sides, depression in center bottom. Dark underglaze blue decoration: small medallion center of perals or Jui scepters radiating like flowers. Same design in scrollwork band with eight characters: "good luck" around bottom near side. On side near rim: eight Buddhist emblems in band in iron red. Two light blue lines near edge. Underside has three floral designs in overglaze enamels of red, white, green and yellow, depicting peach, pomegranate, and finger citron. Faint lines in underglaze blue. Recessed foot. Top surface very scratched. Small character cut into surface. Diameter 27 centimeters, height 3.8 centimeters.
Donor:
Anita Day Symmes Blake, Anson Stiles Blake, and Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China
Collector:
Anson Stiles Blake
Collection date:
pre-1962
Materials:
Glaze (coating by location)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Plates (general, dishes)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Plate, accession number 9-12694, described as China. Plate, porcelain. Wide, somewhat curved up sides, depression in center bottom. Dark underglaze blue decoration: small medallion center of perals or Jui scepters radiating like flowers. Same design in scrollwork band with eight characters: "good luck" around bottom near side. On side near rim: eight Buddhist emblems in band in iron red. Two light blue lines near edge. Underside has three floral designs in overglaze enamels of red, white, green and yellow, depicting peach, pomegranate, and finger citron. Faint lines in underglaze blue. Recessed foot. Top surface very scratched. Small character cut into surface. Diameter 27 centimeters, height 3.8 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Plate, accession number 9-12694, described as China. Plate, porcelain. Wide, somewhat curved up sides, depression in center bottom. Dark underglaze blue decoration: small medallion center of perals or Jui scepters radiating like flowers. Same design in scrollwork band with eight characters: "good luck" around bottom near side. On side near rim: eight Buddhist emblems in band in iron red. Two light blue lines near edge. Underside has three floral designs in overglaze enamels of red, white, green and yellow, depicting peach, pomegranate, and finger citron. Faint lines in underglaze blue. Recessed foot. Top surface very scratched. Small character cut into surface. Diameter 27 centimeters, height 3.8 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Plate, accession number 9-12694, described as China. Plate, porcelain. Wide, somewhat curved up sides, depression in center bottom. Dark underglaze blue decoration: small medallion center of perals or Jui scepters radiating like flowers. Same design in scrollwork band with eight characters: "good luck" around bottom near side. On side near rim: eight Buddhist emblems in band in iron red. Two light blue lines near edge. Underside has three floral designs in overglaze enamels of red, white, green and yellow, depicting peach, pomegranate, and finger citron. Faint lines in underglaze blue. Recessed foot. Top surface very scratched. Small character cut into surface. Diameter 27 centimeters, height 3.8 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Plate, accession number 9-12694, described as China. Plate, porcelain. Wide, somewhat curved up sides, depression in center bottom. Dark underglaze blue decoration: small medallion center of perals or Jui scepters radiating like flowers. Same design in scrollwork band with eight characters: "good luck" around bottom near side. On side near rim: eight Buddhist emblems in band in iron red. Two light blue lines near edge. Underside has three floral designs in overglaze enamels of red, white, green and yellow, depicting peach, pomegranate, and finger citron. Faint lines in underglaze blue. Recessed foot. Top surface very scratched. Small character cut into surface. Diameter 27 centimeters, height 3.8 centimeters.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plate, accession number 9-12694, described as China. Plate, porcelain. Wide, somewhat curved up sides, depression in center bottom. Dark underglaze blue decoration: small medallion center of perals or Jui scepters radiating like flowers. Same design in scrollwork band with eight characters: "good luck" around bottom near side. On side near rim: eight Buddhist emblems in band in iron red. Two light blue lines near edge. Underside has three floral designs in overglaze enamels of red, white, green and yellow, depicting peach, pomegranate, and finger citron. Faint lines in underglaze blue. Recessed foot. Top surface very scratched. Small character cut into surface. Diameter 27 centimeters, height 3.8 centimeters.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plate, accession number 9-12694, described as China. Plate, porcelain. Wide, somewhat curved up sides, depression in center bottom. Dark underglaze blue decoration: small medallion center of perals or Jui scepters radiating like flowers. Same design in scrollwork band with eight characters: "good luck" around bottom near side. On side near rim: eight Buddhist emblems in band in iron red. Two light blue lines near edge. Underside has three floral designs in overglaze enamels of red, white, green and yellow, depicting peach, pomegranate, and finger citron. Faint lines in underglaze blue. Recessed foot. Top surface very scratched. Small character cut into surface. Diameter 27 centimeters, height 3.8 centimeters.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plate, accession number 9-12694, described as China. Plate, porcelain. Wide, somewhat curved up sides, depression in center bottom. Dark underglaze blue decoration: small medallion center of perals or Jui scepters radiating like flowers. Same design in scrollwork band with eight characters: "good luck" around bottom near side. On side near rim: eight Buddhist emblems in band in iron red. Two light blue lines near edge. Underside has three floral designs in overglaze enamels of red, white, green and yellow, depicting peach, pomegranate, and finger citron. Faint lines in underglaze blue. Recessed foot. Top surface very scratched. Small character cut into surface. Diameter 27 centimeters, height 3.8 centimeters.

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