Dish depicting Ma Gu and a European coat of arms

anonymous, c. 1750 - c. 1774

Would the European commissioner of this dish have understood this wish of good fortune? The woman is the immortal Ma Gu, the goddess of longevity. Dressed in a deerskin, she holds a vase upside down. The yellow gourd on her belt contains wine from lingzhi, the mushroom of immortality. Her characteristic long, birdlike fingernails are not depicted here.

  • Artwork typeplatter
  • Object numberAK-NM-13781
  • Dimensionsheight 2.8 cm, diameter 8.6 cm, diameter 13.8 cm
  • Physical characteristicsporselein met emailkleuren en verguldsel