Circular Dish with Decoration of Flowering and Fruiting Branches, Zhengde period, 1506-1521, Ming dynasty, 1368-1644, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Samuel C. Davis, 1940.189© 2013 President and Fellows of Harvard College.
Enameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue, the background areas embellished with overglaze yellow enamel; underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Zhengde nian zhi" within a double circle on the base. H. 4.8 x Diam. 21.3 cm (1 7/8 x 8 3/8 in.)