late 16th-early 17th century
China
Object qualities
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Object
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Type of arts & crafts
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MediumPorcelain painted with cobalt blue under and colored enamels over transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware)
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SizeW. 6 in. (15.2 cm)
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Geography details
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Country today
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Datelate 16th-early 17th century
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CultureChina
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PeriodMing dynasty (1368-1644), Wanli mark and period (1573-1620)
Source of information
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Type of sourceDatabase “Metropolitan Museum of Art”
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Fund that the source refers toMetropolitan Museum of Art
Description
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The four characters on the cover read tianxi taiping, or “all is well under heaven,” a common wish often written on porcelains in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century.
