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Dish

1488-1505 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Jingdezhen (made)

Porcelain dish, covered with yellow enamel, except on the base. On the back, diamond-engraved inscription in Persian, Jahangir Shah-e Akbar Shah 1021 (1612-13 AD), meaning that it was owned by the Mughal emperor Jahangir, son of, and successor to, Akbar.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
Object type
Dish
Materials and techniques
Porcelain covered with enamel
Porcelain
Brief description
Dish, porcelain covered with yellow enamel, on the back with diamond-engraved Persian inscription, China, Ming dynasty, Hongzhi mark and period (1488-1505)
Physical description
Porcelain dish, covered with yellow enamel, except on the base. On the back, diamond-engraved inscription in Persian, Jahangir Shah-e Akbar Shah 1021 (1612-13 AD), meaning that it was owned by the Mughal emperor Jahangir, son of, and successor to, Akbar.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 21.6cm
Style
Hongzhi
Marks and inscriptions
'da ming Hongzhi nian zhi' in a double circle in underglaze blue on base
Translation
Made in the Hongzhi period of the great Ming dynasty
Object history
Purchased from a source not recorded in the Asia Department registers, accessioned in 1878. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
The dish was owned by the Moghul emperor Jahangir (165-1627), as indicated by the incised inscription in a fine hand, dated 121 AH [4 March 1612 – 2 Feb 1613] .
Production
label
Bibliographic references
  • Hobson, R.L.Wares of the Ming dynasty London: Benn Brothers ltd., 1923, p. 84. Asok K. Das 'Chinese Porcelain at the Mughal Court' Silk Road Art and Archaeology vol.2, 1991-1992, plates 4 and 5.
  • Hobson, R.L.Chinese Pottery and Porcelain New York: Funk and Wagnalls; London: Cassell, 1915, vol. II, p. 28.
Collection
East Asia Collection
Accession number
551-1878

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Record createdJanuary 19, 2009
Record URL
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