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Dish
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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Dish

Date1723-1735
Mediumporcelain, underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze enamel
DimensionsOverall: 1 3/4 x 8 1/8 in. (4.4 x 20.6 cm)
ClassificationsContainers
Credit LineGift of Stephen Junkunc III
Terms
    Object number57.094.000
    On View
    Not on view
    Collections
    DescriptionBecause the Chinese saw in the deer the neck of a camel, the hooves of a cow, the tail of a donkey, and the antlers of a deer, the animal is known by the name ssu-pu-hsiang, or the "four unlikes." This dish would appear to depict a part of the Imperial Park and the type of deer that once roamed China but became extinct in the wild when grazing land was claimed for cultivation. A number of the animals were kept in the Imperial Park of the Forbidden City in Beijing until recent imperial times.
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