Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami

Dish

Artist/Maker Artist Unknown (Artist Unknown)

Dateca. 1830

Mediumporcelain and overglaze enamels

DimensionsOverall: 1 5/8 x 7 in. (4.1 x 17.8 cm)

ClassificationsContainers

Credit LineGift of The Kohen Family

Terms

Object number2007.34.14

DescriptionPlates and bowls bearing the Baragon Tumed mark are well known. They were made in the Imperial factory at Jingdezhen as part of a dinner service to celebrate the marriage of one of Daoguang’s ten daughters to a Mongolian prince. The center interior of the dish is decorated with a single lotus blossom. In the center of the blossom there are two intersecting vajra that form a wheel. The inside rim is decorated with two concentric lines executed in overglaze iron red. The exterior of the dish is decorated is entirely decorated in overglaze enamels. The rim is decorated with the babao or eight treasures, which includes the wheel, umbrella, eternal knot, conch shell, lotus, vase or kalasa, double fish and jewel. Between each item there is a stylized longevity or shou character. The central band is decorated with the seven gems or qibao. They are the attributes of the universal monarch, such as Prince Siddharta had he not become a Buddha. They are often used in Buddhist temples on the base of his throne. Each of these seven gems is separated with symbols of earth and water below and jeweled clouds above. The babao or eight treasures are repeated at the base, again separated by the shou or longevity character. There is the mark, executed in iron red, of the Baragon Tumed within a double red square on the base of the dish.

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