Hexagonal Condiment Dish

China

Early 18th century

  • Titles Hexagonal Condiment Dish (Descriptive)
  • Artist China
  • Medium glazed porcelain
  • Credit Line Eugenia Woodward Hitt Collection, 1991.353.6
  • Work Type dish
  • Classification Containers

See More of the Collection

Seated Crowned Vairocana Buddha with red pigment over gilded bronze
5 of 9 (1988.82.128-136)
The matted locks, fanged mouth, emaciated breasts but swollen belly suggests this is a preta (hungry ghost), scavenger of the cremation grounds.
Yellow Peking glass vases Pair of Yellow Glass Vases with Banana Leaf, Daffodil and Orchid Motifs in geometric key with lotus-petal base