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Small "Bleu de Hue" dish

20th century
Medium/TechniqueBleu de Hue porcelain with cobalt blue decoration of dragon and phoenix among clouds and flames
DimensionsOverall: 3 × 13.3 cm (1 3/16 × 5 1/4 in.)
Credit LineBequest of John D. Constable
Accession number2018.2165
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ClassificationsCeramics
Collections
ProvenanceBetween about 1978 and 2000, purchased by John Davidson Constable (b. 1927- d. 2016), Sherborn, MA; 2017, bequest of John Davidson Constable to the MFA [1]. (Accession Date: September 26, 2018)
19th-20th century
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late 10th–early 11th century A.D.
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Late 18th–early 19th century
Kikuoka Mitsuyuki
late 18th–early 19th century
Wine warmer (zun)
206 B.C.–A.D. 220
206 B.C.–A.D. 220