COLLECTION NAME:
Walter B. Denny World Art & Architecture Images
Record
ID_Number:
WBD_09150
Creator name:
unknown
Title:
Dish with Gardenia
View description:
full view
Date:
late 16th century
Date type:
creation
Repository name:
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Repository name variant:
Met, the
Repository location:
New York, New York
Repository_inventory_ number:
19.28.10
Style_Period:
Ming (culture, period, and styles)
Style_Period name variant:
Ming Dynasty
Style_Period:
Hongzhi (Ming (culture, period, and styles)
Style_Period name variant:
Hung-chih
Subject:
dishes
Subject:
gardenia (genus)
Subject:
lotus (motif)
Subject:
pomegranate (fruit)
Subject:
Grapes
Subject:
Diospyros kaki (species)
Culture:
Chinese (culture or style)
Category:
Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design
Work_type:
porcelain (visual works)
Work_type:
ceramics (object genre)
Work_type:
pottery (object genre)
Work_type:
Jingdezhen ware
Material_Technique:
porcelain with cobalt blue and colored enamel over transparent glaze
Measurement:
26 cm
Copy_Source:
digital image
Image_Source:
Walter Denny
Note:
"All of the flowers are auspicious: the gardenia symbolizes honor and happiness because its Chinese name, furong, is a homonym for these virtues." -- The Met Collection
Rights Reproduction & Access:
Duplication rights - Walter Denny
Filename:
WBD_09150.JPG
