Lantern
1662-1722 (made)
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Lantern of porcelain, hexagonal with no base and the top and sides decorated in openwork; on top a pattern of sexfoils, on each side a swastika. Painted in polychrome enamels on the biscuit in the famille verte palette with a series of geometrical and floral diapers.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain with openwork decoration, painted in polychrome enamels |
| Brief description | Lantern, porcelain with openwork decoration, painted in polychrome enamels on the biscuit in the famille verte palette, China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722) |
| Physical description | Lantern of porcelain, hexagonal with no base and the top and sides decorated in openwork; on top a pattern of sexfoils, on each side a swastika. Painted in polychrome enamels on the biscuit in the famille verte palette with a series of geometrical and floral diapers. |
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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 |
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| Other number | Loan no. 2066 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.1069-1910 |
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| Record created | March 4, 2009 |
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