Blue-and-white dish with leaping horse

Details

• Title

  Blue-and-white dish with leaping horse

• Associated people

  Jiajing, Emperor of China (ruled 1522 - 1567) (named on object)

• Associated place

  Asia › China › Jiangxi province › Jingdezhen › Jingdezhen kilns (place of creation)

• Date

  c. 1640

• Material and technique

  porcelain, with underglaze painting in cobalt-blue; iron brown painting on the rim

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › porcelain;

  processed material › metal › iron

• Technique index

  covered › coated › painted;

  glazed

• Object type

  container › vessel › dish

• Dimensions

  4.1 cm (height)
  15.5 cm (diameter)
  at foot 6.4 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1978.829

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