id: 134226 accession number: 1956.709 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1956.709 updated: Plate with Isle of the Immortals, 1723–35. China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Yongzheng mark and reign (1723-35). Porcelain decorated in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze enamels; diameter: 21.2 cm (8 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Fanny Tewksbury King Collection 1956.709 title: Plate with Isle of the Immortals title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1723–35 creation date earliest: 1723 creation date latest: 1735 current location: creditline: The Fanny Tewksbury King Collection copyright: --- culture: China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Yongzheng mark and reign (1723-35) technique: porcelain decorated in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze enamels department: Chinese Art collection: China - Qing Dynasty type: Ceramic find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Diameter: 21.2 cm (8 3/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: 大清雍正年製 translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Realm of the Immortals: Daoism in the Arts of China opening date: 1988-02-10T05:00:00 Realm of the Immortals: Daoism in the Arts of China. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-April 10, 1988). title: Escaping to a Better World: Eccentrics and Immortals in Chinese Art (Chinese art rotation) opening date: 2022-05-13T04:00:00 Escaping to a Better World: Eccentrics and Immortals in Chinese Art (Chinese art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 13-November 6, 2022). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Fanny Tewksbury King [1867–1949], Cleveland, OH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?–1956 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1956– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: This multicolored dish is decorated with the sacred isle, also seen on the exterior of the blue-and-white dish nearby. A pavilion emerges amid rising and falling waves, a symbol of constant transformation and change. Above the waves are mysterious clouds, symbolizing the cosmic vital energy (qi) that animates all things and beings on earth in Daoism. The interior of the dish also shows cranes carrying sticks in their beaks, a motif that symbolizes longevity. Cranes carrying sticks above a pavilion in the sea express the wish “May you live to a ripe old age (haiwu tianchou; 海屋添籌).” --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Little, Stephen. Realm of the Immortals: Daoism in the Arts of China: the Cleveland Museum of Art, February 10-April 10, 1988. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1988. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 22, color plate 18 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1956.709/1956.709_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1956.709/1956.709_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1956.709/1956.709_full.tif