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
Ladan Akbarnia
Associate Curator of Islamic Art, Brooklyn Museum
“backThe Chinese were known for their porcelain wares, and especially, their blue and white wares. The Chinese exported ceramics and, in fact, they were also given as gifts. In the ninth century, the Chinese emperor sent a gift of twenty imperial porcelains to the caliph who was the leader of the Islamic empire at the time, the Abbasids. And this would have a huge result, or a huge effect, on the interest in Chinese porcelains, especially blue and white porcelains, in the future of that region. So, later on you’ll see that this blue and white aesthetic that was created, that started in China really was a great inspiration for the types of ceramic wares that would later be produced in Iran, in the Ottoman world, and eventually you would even see it in Europe.”