Early 1600s
Dish with Dragon
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Resources
Porcelain with Dragon
A blue dragon writhes with bristling power and grace on the surface of this large, round white plate.
Art of China Teacher Resources
This teaching resource highlights fifteen works of art that reflect the diversity of the Philadelphia Museum of Art's collection and exemplify five important historical themes.
Art of China classroom presentation
This teaching resource highlights fifteen works of art that reflect the diversity of the museum’s collection and exemplify five important historical themes: religious beliefs, belief in the afterlife, exchange between China and the West, reverence for the natural world, and auspiciousness. These themes and the objects that represent them do not exist in isolation but are deeply interwoven in the fabric of Chinese history and culture.
Porcelain with Dragon
A blue dragon writhes with bristling power and grace on the surface of this large, round white plate.
Art of China Teacher Resources
This teaching resource highlights fifteen works of art that reflect the diversity of the Philadelphia Museum of Art's collection and exemplify five important historical themes.
Art of China classroom presentation
This teaching resource highlights fifteen works of art that reflect the diversity of the museum’s collection and exemplify five important historical themes: religious beliefs, belief in the afterlife, exchange between China and the West, reverence for the natural world, and auspiciousness. These themes and the objects that represent them do not exist in isolation but are deeply interwoven in the fabric of Chinese history and culture.