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Jar with overglaze enamel decoration of yellow dragons over red ground

Chinese
Ming dynasty, Jiajing period
1521–66

Medium/Technique Porcelain, Jingdezhen ware
Dimensions 19.9 x 21.8 cm (7 13/16 x 8 9/16 in.)
Credit Line The John Pickering Lyman Collection—Gift of Miss Theodora Lyman
Accession Number19.882
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

Marks Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi
ProvenanceBy 1915, John Pickering Lyman. By 1915, Miss Theodora Lyman, Boston [see note]; 1919, gift of Miss Lyman to the MFA. (Accession date: September 18, 1919)

NOTE:
Lent by Miss Lyman to the MFA on February 27, 1915.