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Plate with Grapes and Floral Sprays
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This large platter with grape and floral decoration, which is different from small stem cups decorated with dragons, CMA 1957.60 and CMA 1964.168 , was made primarily for export to southeastern and western Asia. However, a similar example bearing the Xuande reign mark has also been excavated from the Ming imperial kilns at Jingdezhen.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit linePlate with Grapes and Floral Sprays, 1403–24. China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Yongle period (1403-24). Porcelain with underglaze blue decoration; diameter: 43.2 cm (17 in.); overall: 7.7 cm (3 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Anonymous Gift, 1953.127
