| Object Number | 88-10-68 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | China |
| Period | Ming Dynasty | Chenghua |
| Date Made | Chenghua |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Porcelain |
| Technique | Famille Noire |
| Iconography | Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest | Ruyi | Peony |
| Inscription Language | Chinese Language |
| Description | Quadrangular with high neck and sloped shoulders. Three color (yellow, green and aubergine) famille noire enamel glazes. Four panels showing careers of the "Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest". Four most popular Chinese stars around neck. Scroll design border around the lower part of neck and ruyi scepter in each corner with peony flower between each two. Edges and area from rim of mouth to neck of interior glazed with creamy white. Flat foot with square recessed center six character mark in blue reading "made during the reigning years of the Emperor Chenghua, of the great Ming Dynasty". |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Robert C. Alexander, 1988 |
| Other Number | 350 - Other Number |
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