Minneapolis Institute of Art

Yellow Ground Dish, one of a pair

China

Date

18th century

Medium

Porcelain with cobalt blue pigment under clear glaze with ground filled with yellow enamel over clear glaze

Department

Asian Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

In many respects, the porcelains of the Yung-cheng reign (1723-1735) represent a high point in Ch'ing ceramics. They are exquisitely refined, artistically and technically accomplished, but seldom mechanical or contrived. The combination of blue floral sprays against a yellow ground seen here evolved during the Ming dynasty (15th-16th century) and was revived during the Yung-cheng and Ch'ien-lung reigns (1736-95). On the interior of these imperial dishes, ribbon-tied bouquets of lotus blossoms, seed pods, and leaves with sagittaria and other water plants are clearly set against a pale, yellow ground. China, Asia

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