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"Swatow" plate with Guanyin and parrot
Chinese export
17th century
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions
Diameter : 38 cm (14 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
The G. Ephis Collection—Museum purchase with funds donated anonymously, Charles Bain Hoyt Fund, John H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund, Mary S. and Edward J. Holmes Fund, William Francis Warden Fund, Tamara Petrosian Davis Sculpture Fund, John Lowell Gardner Fund, Seth K. Sweetser Fund, H. E. Bolles Fund, and funds by exchange from the Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection-Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
Accession Number2012.625
NOT ON VIEW
Description"Swatow" plate depicting Guanyin and a parrot in turquoise outlined in black surrounded by iron red cicles from the end of the Ming period for export to South East Asia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Japan. Attributed to Southern China, Count Pinghe, Prefecture of Zhangzhou, Fujian province.
ProvenanceBy 1996, with Jorge Welsh, London (dealer); 1996, sold from Welsh to the G. Ephis collection (private collector), France; 2012, sold by the G. Ephis collection to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 24, 2012).