Medium
porcelain
Measurements
(a) 2.1 × 13.6 cm diameter
(b) 2.1 × 13.6 cm diameter
(c) 2.1 × 13.1 cm diameter
(d) 2.1 × 13.6 cm diameter
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Bequest of Janet Biddlecombe, 1954
Gallery location
Not on display
Place/s of Execution
Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, south-east China, China
Accession Number
1441.a-d-D4
Department
Asian Art
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Gordon Darling Foundation
Physical description
(a) Dish, one of four, with everted foliate rim, phoenix standing on eccentric rock with flower and bud, with flying cranes and other birds, grid rim band underside monochrome brown.
(b) Dish, one of four, with everted foliate rim, phoenix standing on eccentric rock with flower and bud, with flying cranes and other birds, grid rim band underside monochrome brown.
(c) Dish, one of four, with everted foliate rim, phoenix standing on eccentric rock with flower and bud, with flying cranes and other birds, grid rim band underside monochrome brown.
(d) Dish, one of four, with everted foliate rim, phoenix standing on eccentric rock with flower and bud, with flying cranes and other birds, grid rim band underside monochrome brown.
(a-d) Porcelain, overglaze brown enamel on underglaze blue on white on buff body.