Shallow Dish with Long-Tailed Birds in a Garden of Stylized Peonies and Fronds, Encircled by a Scrolling Wreath of Camellia and Lotus Blossoms

Shallow Dish with Long-Tailed Birds in a Garden of Stylized Peonies and Fronds, Encircled by a Scrolling Wreath of Camellia and Lotus Blossoms

Yuan dynasty (1279–1368), early/mid–14th century · China

Porcelain painted in underglaze blue

Art Institute of Chicago · Medieval (500–1500) · CC0 · Kate S. Buckingham Fund

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