This magnet duo is steeped in history and the global art network. In celebration of the country's 250th anniversary, the Art of the Americas galleries are being reimagined. Asian artwork that was bought, sold, and traded to the States around this time period is included in the gallery, illustrating the interconnectedness of artists across the globe despite distance. Pieces like these influenced our own American artists 250 years ago and our products pay homage to that inspiration.
- Each magnet is 3" L x 2" W
Large plate with blue and white decoration of lotus flower scrolls
Chinese, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, 1662–1722
Porcelain, Jingdezhen
7.4 x 38.5 cm (2 15/16 x 15 3/16 in.)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The John Pickering Lyman Collection—Gift of Miss Theodora Lyman
19.1009
Plate
Japanese for export to the European market, about 1660‑80
Hard‑paste porcelain
Diam. 45 cm (17 11/16 in.)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The G. Ephis Collection—Museum purchase with funds donated anonymously, Charles Bain Hoyt Fund, John H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund, Mary S. and Edward J. Holmes Fund, William Francis Warden Fund, Tamara Petrosian Davis Sculpture Fund, John Lowell Gardner Fund, Seth K. Sweetser Fund, H. E. Bolles Fund, and funds by exchange from the Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection‑Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
2012.570
