Shallow Bowl
Original Language Title青花瓷碟
CultureChinese
Date1522
MediumPorcelain with underglaze blue decoration
DimensionsOverall: 1 1/16 × 5 9/16 inches (2.7 × 14.13 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Laurence Sickman
Object numberF88-39/29
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Exhibition HistoryEmperors, Scholars and Temples: Tastemakers of China’s Ming and Qing Dynasties, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, August 12, 2016 – July 9, 2017.
Sometimes wonderful art is associated with evil patrons. The porcelains of the Jiajing emperor’s reign are known for their beautiful purplish-tinged blue. However, the emperor himself was so cruel to his concubines and maids that one night 16 of them tried to strangle him. His empress raised the alarm and they were condemned to “death by a thousand cuts.”
Bequest of Laurence Sickman, F88-39/29
Bequest of Laurence Sickman, F88-39/29
Laurence Sickman;
Bequeathed by Laurence Sickman to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1988.
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