Dish with Bird and Flower Decoration
Asian Art
MEDIUM
Porcelain with underglaze decoration
DATES
late 19th–early 20th century
DYNASTY
Joseon dynasty
DIMENSIONS
1 3/4 × 10 13/16 in. (4.5 × 27.5 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Asian Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
2020.18.4
CREDIT LINE
Gift of the Carroll Family Collection
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Large dish or shallow bowl decorated in blue with an image of two birds, one perched on the branch of a flowering tree (plum?), the other flying, above an ornamental rock with peony bush, stylized orchids, and the edge of a fence. The sloping sides are left unornamented except for a band of repeated floral pattern.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Dish with Bird and Flower Decoration, late 19th–early 20th century. Porcelain with underglaze decoration, 1 3/4 × 10 13/16 in. (4.5 × 27.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, 2020.18.4 (Photo: Image courtesy of the donor., CUR.2020.18.4.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, CUR.2020.18.4.jpg. Image courtesy of the donor., 2020
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