Dish
ca. 1690-1700 (made)
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Dish with rounded cavetto and canted rim; low wedge-like foot. On the base are marks of three firing spurs; rather thick, musliny glaze with a distinctly greenish tinge. The designs are painted partly in a purplish-grey underglaze blue with additions in two tones of green, red, yellow and brownish aubergine enamels, also gilding. In the centre is an urn on a stand containing a peony flanked by two vases with chrysanthemums and asters, and framed by a border in which two phoenixes appear among peony and chrysanthemum growing on rocks. The exterior is plain.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted in underglaze blue, overglaze enamels and gilt |
Brief description | Dish, porcelain painted in underglaze blue, overglaze enamels and gilt; Japan, Arita kilns (Imari type), Edo period, ca. 1690-1700 |
Physical description | Dish with rounded cavetto and canted rim; low wedge-like foot. On the base are marks of three firing spurs; rather thick, musliny glaze with a distinctly greenish tinge. The designs are painted partly in a purplish-grey underglaze blue with additions in two tones of green, red, yellow and brownish aubergine enamels, also gilding. In the centre is an urn on a stand containing a peony flanked by two vases with chrysanthemums and asters, and framed by a border in which two phoenixes appear among peony and chrysanthemum growing on rocks. The exterior is plain. |
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Gallery label | Plate
Porcelain painted in underglaze blue and enamels
"Imari" style
JAPANESE (ARITA); c.1690-1700
Miss E. Humphreys-Owen Gift
FE.77-1970(as at 2005) |
Credit line | Given by Miss E. Humphreys-Owen |
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Accession number | FE.77-1970 |
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Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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