Deep plate with blue-and-white decoration of auspicious motifs

1625-50

Object PlaceChina

Medium/TechniquePorcelain, Kraak ware

DimensionsHeight x diameter: 5.6 x 32.6 cm (2 3/16 x 12 13/16 in.)

Credit LineJohn Gardner Coolidge Collection

Accession number46.501

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ClassificationsCeramics

Collections

Asia

ProvenanceJohn Gardner Coolidge (b. 1863 - d. 1936), Boston; to his widow, Helen Granger Stevens Coolidge (b. 1876 - d. 1962), Boston; 1946, gift of Mrs. Coolidge to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 13, 1946)

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