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Dish with Blossoming Plum and Crescent Moon

mid- to late 15th century
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 204
Suggestive of an evening in early spring, and a subject of Chinese poetry, the theme of a flowering plum under a crescent moon first appears in Chinese ceramics in the twelfth century. On this dish, a dramatic rock of the type that was mined at Lake Tai on the border of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Province, and used for gardens, has been added to the scene.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Dish with Blossoming Plum and Crescent Moon
  • Period: Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Chenghua period (1465–87)
  • Date: mid- to late 15th century
  • Culture: China
  • Medium: Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware)
  • Dimensions: H. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm); Diam. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm); Diam. of foot 5 in. (12.7 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics
  • Credit Line: Gift of Alan and Simone Hartman, 1981
  • Object Number: 1981.81.1
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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