Plate in the Form of a Chrysanthemum (1700s–1800s): Art, History and Details

Plate in the Form of a Chrysanthemum (1700s–1800s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

This light gray-green jade plate is carved on both sides into the shape of an open chrysanthemum. There are three tiers of concave petals and a central rondel of cross-hatched lines to indicate the pistils.

Object facts

• Title: Plate in the Form of a Chrysanthemum
• Date: 1700s–1800s
• Culture: China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
• Type: Jade
• Technique: jade
• Dimensions: Diameter: 11.1 cm (4 3/8 in.); Overall: 2 cm (13/16 in.)
• Collection: China - Qing Dynasty
• Department: Chinese Art
• Accession number: 1970.144

Collection credit

Gift of Mrs. John Lyon Collyer in memory of her mother, Mrs. G. M. G. Forman

Further reading listed by the museum

• Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1970.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 58, no. 2 (1971): 22–71.
• Guo li gu gong bo wu yuan 國立故宮博物院. Hai wai yi zhen, Yu qi [海外遺珎, 玉噐 = Chinese art in overseas collections, jade]. Taibei Shi Shilin qu: Guo li gu gong bo wu yuan, 1986.

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