plate, porcelain. blue and white 'willow ware', probably Nanking pattern. wide w/ curved up rim and slightly depressed center. very short recessed base. well executed river and mountain scene w/ willow and other trees and various figures, represented in deep blue underglaze washes and linear detail. lozange-diaper pattern band in blue around rim w/ dark dotted lower fringe. underside plain except 4-character shop mark on center. chips in rim. h. 3 cm. dia. 24.5 cm.
Donor:
Anita Day Symmes Blake, Anson Stiles Blake, and Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Jiangxi province, Southern China
Verbatim coll. place:
China, Ching-te-chen att. (Kiangsi Province) att.
Collector:
Anita Day Symmes Blake and Anson Stiles Blake
Collection date:
before 1962
Materials:
Porcelain (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Porcelain (visual works)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1974
Context of use:
made for export. 'Nanking' ware refers to pattern styles similar to the Canton ware. the name is probably derived from the city of Nanking, the port at which the ware arrived via the water route from Ching-te-chen.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 3 centimeters and diameter 24.5 centimeters
Comment:
component "b" not located during inventory; does not exist per card catalog 9/5/12 AT Update: re-inventory of drawer where 9-12706a was located "found" 9-12706b 11/26/13 LB