Cleveland Museum of Art
Plate with Isle of the Immortals
- Date
- 1723–35
- Medium
- porcelain decorated in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze enamels
- Culture
- China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Yongzheng mark and reign (1723-35)
- Department
- Chinese Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 134226
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
This multicolored dish is decorated with the sacred isle, also seen on the exterior of the blue-and-white dish nearby. A pavilion emerges amid rising and falling waves, a symbol of constant transformation and change. Above the waves are mysterious clouds, symbolizing the cosmic vital energy ( qi ) that animates all things and beings on earth in Daoism. The interior of the dish also shows cranes carrying sticks in their beaks, a motif that symbolizes longevity. Cranes carrying sticks above a pavilion in the sea express the wish “May you live to a ripe old age ( haiwu tianchou ; 海屋添籌).”
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- Credit line
- The Fanny Tewksbury King Collection
- Provenance
- ?–1956: Fanny Tewksbury King [1867–1949], Cleveland, OH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1956–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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