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Asian Art
Public domain

Dish with Lotuses

12th–13th century

Porcelain with molded decoration under green glaze (Fujian Qingbai ware)

1 5/16 × 4 1/2 in. (3.387 × 11.43 cm) base (foot): 2 1/2 in.(6.35 cm)
Gift of John Crockett
2008.222.58
Status: 
Not on view
Culture: 
Chinese
Period: 
Southern Song dynasty (1126–1279)
Classification: 
Containers - Ceramics
Provenance: 

Excavated at Pinang, Bayanan, Laguna, Luzon, Philippines; Lorna Montilla, from collector and art critic, Manila, Philippines; purchased on Jan. 17, 1969 in Manila by John Crockett (1921–2011), Unionville, Conn. ; gift in 2008 to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography: 

Leandro Locsin and Cecilia Locsin, Oriental Ceramics Discovered in the Philippines (Rutland, Vt.: C.E. Tuttle Co., 1967).

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.