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Dish

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

Dish of porcelain, saucer-shaped with fluted rim and wavy edge. Painted in underglaze blue, in the middle with a man and a woman hunting on horseback; the man carries a whip; a hound runs in front of him; the woman is shooting an animal with an arrow. On the rim, stylised lotus blossoms on a continuous stem with the Eight Buddhist Emblems in the intervals. Under the rim, small sprays of flowers.


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 period (with Chenghua mark)
Physical description
Dish of porcelain, saucer-shaped with fluted rim and wavy edge. Painted in underglaze blue, in the middle with a man and a woman hunting on horseback; the man carries a whip; a hound runs in front of him; the woman is shooting an animal with an arrow. On the rim, stylised lotus blossoms on a continuous stem with the Eight Buddhist Emblems in the intervals. Under the rim, small sprays of flowers.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 19.7cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'da ming Chenghua nian zhi' in a double circle, in underglaze blue
    Translation
    Made in the Chenghua period of the great Ming dynasty
  • Transliteration
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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
Subjects depicted
Other number
Loan no. 2433
Collection
Accession number
C.695-1910

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Record createdFebruary 24, 2009
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