Dish
1662-1722 (made)
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Dish of porcelain, circular with expanding rim and deep base. On the inside with an underglaze "powdered-blue" ground, pencilled over with gilt decoration of conventional chrysanthemums and stem-scrolls, and decorated in white reserves with underglaze painting in cobalt blue and copper-red. The reserves consist of six circular medallions containing alternately, a lady in a garden, and objects from the "hundred antiquities" (bai gu), surrounding a hexagonal panel painted with flowering plants, rock, bird, and a winged insect.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain with underglaze blue and gilt decoration |
| Brief description | Dish, porcelain with underglaze blue and gilt decoration, China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722) |
| Physical description | Dish of porcelain, circular with expanding rim and deep base. On the inside with an underglaze "powdered-blue" ground, pencilled over with gilt decoration of conventional chrysanthemums and stem-scrolls, and decorated in white reserves with underglaze painting in cobalt blue and copper-red. The reserves consist of six circular medallions containing alternately, a lady in a garden, and objects from the "hundred antiquities" (bai gu), surrounding a hexagonal panel painted with flowering plants, rock, bird, and a winged insect. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | A lingzhi fungus in a double circle, in underglaze blue |
| Credit line | Given by W.G. Gulland, Esq. |
| Object history | Given by Mr. W. G. Gulland, accessioned in 1905. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project. |
| Production | MW checked |
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| Accession number | 200A-1905 |
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| Record created | February 3, 2009 |
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