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Dish

1662-1722 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish of porcelain, moulded in the form of a chrysanthemum flower. Painted in underglaze blue, in the middle a medallion containing three stylised chrysanthemum blossoms among dense scrolling foliage, surrounded by sixteen radiating panels each containing a stylised chrysanthemum spray. Under the rim with similar panels.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in underglaze blue
Brief description
Dish, porcelain painted in underglaze blue, China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi mark and period (1662-1722)
Physical description
Dish of porcelain, moulded in the form of a chrysanthemum flower. Painted in underglaze blue, in the middle a medallion containing three stylised chrysanthemum blossoms among dense scrolling foliage, surrounded by sixteen radiating panels each containing a stylised chrysanthemum spray. Under the rim with similar panels.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 15.6cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
'da qing Kangxi nian zhi' in a double circle, in underglaze blue
Translation
Made in the Kangxi period of the great Qing dynasty
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.
Production
Register
Subject depicted
Other number
Loan no. 459
Collection
Accession number
C.626-1910

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Record createdFebruary 20, 2009
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