Blue and White Plate
CultureChinese
DateQing dynasty (1644-1911)
MediumPorcelain (provincial ware)
DimensionsOverall: 1 3/4 × 8 3/8 inches (4.45 × 21.27 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number31-137/27
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DescriptionWhite plate with grayish blue decoration. Octagonal medallion in center enclosing bird and flower designs. Repeated pattern of flowers, conch shells, and fly whisks on the rim.ProvenanceWith Zie Soey Koo, Shanghai, China, by July 1931;
Purchased from Zie Soey Koo, through Langdon Warner (1881-1955), by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1931.
NOTES:
[1] "Kansas City - Itemized Purchases in China and Japan, 1932," Harvard Pusey Library, Langdon Warner Personal Archive, box 15, folder 28, copy in Nelson-Atkins curatorial files.
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