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Dish with dragon

late 17th century
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 220
During the Kangxi period, enameled porcelain achieved new heights, featuring bright colors and exquisite images. This superb example not only conveys the dragon’s impressive power, but also communicates humor through the creature’s comical gaze. Known as famille verte (French, “green family”), Kangxi enameled porcelain was very popular in the West from the seventeenth to the early twentieth century. The magnificent wares became luxury ornaments in fashionable European and American homes, including Moore’s.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 清康熙 景德鎮窯五彩龍紋盤
  • Title: Dish with dragon
  • Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Kangxi period (1662–1722)
  • Date: late 17th century
  • Culture: China
  • Medium: Porcelain painted in overglaze polychrome enamels (Jingdezhen ware)
  • Dimensions: H. 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm); Diam. 14 15/16 in. (37.9 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics
  • Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
  • Object Number: 91.1.410
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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