Dish
1700-10 (made)
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This dish was made in the kilns of Jingdezhen during the reign period of the emperor Kangxi (1662-1722). The style of decoration, combining a central reserved medallion and small cartouches painted in overglaze enamels, with a colour scheme known in the west as 'famille verte', and a powder blue ground with gilded decoration, was particularly popular in Europe between the end of the 17th century and the early 18th century.
Export porcelain of this type was used as tableware in the residences of aristocrats and wealthy people, as well as exhibited in the so-called 'porcelain rooms', where walls and niches were filled with large quantities of ceramics. One of the most important European collections of this type belonged to Augustus the Strong of Saxony (d. 1733), who owned over twenty thousand pieces.
Export porcelain of this type was used as tableware in the residences of aristocrats and wealthy people, as well as exhibited in the so-called 'porcelain rooms', where walls and niches were filled with large quantities of ceramics. One of the most important European collections of this type belonged to Augustus the Strong of Saxony (d. 1733), who owned over twenty thousand pieces.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels |
| Brief description | Dish, porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze enamels in the famille verte palette, China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722) |
| Physical description | Porcelain dish with a broad flat rim, painted in brown on the edge and decorated with a powdered-blue ground with white reserved panels painted in overglaze enamel colours in the famille verte palette. On the central medallion, a qilin and a phoenix on a terrace. The rim is decorated with medallions containing alternately a qilin and a scroll, one of the four symbols of the literati. On the underside of the rim, three sprays of flowers. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | The emblem for a painting, in a double circle in underglaze blue |
| Gallery label | Dish with phoenix and mythical beast
China, Jingdezhen, 1700–10
Museum no. C.1340-1910. Salting Bequest(September 2009) |
| Credit line | Salting Bequest |
| Object history | Bequeathed by Mr. George Salting, accessioned in 1910. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project. |
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| Summary | This dish was made in the kilns of Jingdezhen during the reign period of the emperor Kangxi (1662-1722). The style of decoration, combining a central reserved medallion and small cartouches painted in overglaze enamels, with a colour scheme known in the west as 'famille verte', and a powder blue ground with gilded decoration, was particularly popular in Europe between the end of the 17th century and the early 18th century. Export porcelain of this type was used as tableware in the residences of aristocrats and wealthy people, as well as exhibited in the so-called 'porcelain rooms', where walls and niches were filled with large quantities of ceramics. One of the most important European collections of this type belonged to Augustus the Strong of Saxony (d. 1733), who owned over twenty thousand pieces. |
| Other number | Loan no. 1851 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.1340-1910 |
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| Record created | December 22, 2008 |
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