Large Dish with Flying Cranes

Unknown artist

c. 1620

Fritware with molded decoration and underglaze painting in cobalt blue

Arthur M. Sackler Museum

A white fritware plate decorated with blue underglaze painting of flying cranes and floral motifs. The plate has a fluted rim. This is a large dish with upturned rim, fluted cavetto, and low, hollow foot ring. The center is painted in under-glaze cobalt blue with a design of four cranes amid clouds. There are three shades of blue, with the darkest used for outlines and stippling. The exterior or underside is sparely decorated with a peach spray. In the center of the foot ring is a faint "tassel mark." Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gweneth Knight Memorial Fund