1 / Converging Cultures
| Artist / Origin |
Unknown artist, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, China
Region: East Asia
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|---|---|
| Date |
Yuan Dynasty, mid-14th century
Period: 1000 CE - 1400 CE
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| Material |
Porcelain with underglaze blue
Medium: Ceramics
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| Dimensions | Diam.: 18 in. (45.7 cm.) |
| Location | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York |
| Credit | Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art/Photo by Max Yawney |
expert perspective
| Alan ChongCurator of the Collection, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum | ||
| Ladan AkbarniaAssociate Curator of Islamic Art, Brooklyn Museum | ||
| Ladan AkbarniaAssociate Curator of Islamic Art, Brooklyn Museum |
expert perspective
Alan Chong
Curator of the Collection, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
“backPorcelain is this Chinese and East Asian ceramic that can withstand very high temperatures. You can actually cook with it, and it was a closely guarded secret in China. And for centuries, Western ceramicists tried to make porcelain. They even get some of the recipes and they look for the ingredients and they really can’t do it until the eighteenth century. It takes hundreds of years.”