Coupe or Writers' Water Dish

CultureChinese

DateQing dynasty (1644-1911)

MediumPorcelain

DimensionsOverall: 4 3/4 inches (12.07 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust

Object number33-7/16

MarkingsHas Kangxi Period mark

On View

On view

Gallery Location

Collections

East Asian Art

Terms

DescriptionImperial porcelain peach-bloom coupe; circular in form with a squat, ovoid body and a wide mouth; the exterior is coated with a peach-bloom glaze, reddish at top and bottom, greenish in the middle. With an ivory stand.Provenance

Provenance

Yamanaka & Co.;

Purchased from Yamanaka & Co. by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1933.

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