Octagonal Dish with the Story of Si Maguang ("Hob in the Well")

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Octagonal dish with a scene depicting two people and a well. The dish has eight straight sides and an etched design around the rim. The scene shows a man on the left with a curved object over his shoulder, and another man on the right leaning over a large pot or well. There are palm trees, plants, and butterflies on the dish. The scene is bordered by a patterned rim.