The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Plate with a vase of flowers

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Plate with a vase of flowers

Date:: 1700–1725
Culture:: Chinese
Medium:: Hard-paste porcelain painted with colored enamels over transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware)
Dimensions:: Diam. 9 in. (22.9 cm)
Classification:: Ceramics
Credit Line:: The Hans Syz Collection, Gift of Stephan B. Syz and John D. Syz, 1995
Accession Number:: 1995.268.77

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 201

Description

The vase, halberd (axe-headed weapon), and musical chimes on the plate’s central panel and rim are Chinese symbols carrying auspicious meanings: they form a rebus couplet suggesting "peace and good luck" (pingan jiqing) and "happiness and may all things be as you wish" (jiqing ruyi).
Provenance

Hans Syz
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What
Ceramics (29,330)

Clay (23,631)

Faience (11,688)

Porcelain (11,378)

Dishes (6,708)

Painting (5,230)

Glaze (5,162)

Plates (3,606)

Enamels (3,253)
Where
Asia (68,072)

China (17,342)
When
A.D. 1600-1800 (67,128)
In the Museum
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts (43,228)
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Central and North Asia, 1600–1800 A.D.

China, 1600–1800 A.D.
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