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Dish
- Place of origin:
Jingdezhen (made)
- Date:
1662-1722 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown
- Materials and Techniques:
Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels and gilt
- Credit Line:
Bequeathed by Mrs Marie Adeline Dumergue
- Museum number:
C.66-1912
- Gallery location:
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery, case 9, shelf 5
Physical description
Dish of porcelain, painted in enamel colours and gilt. In the middle are a qilin and a phoenix with a banana tree and rocks. The scalloped rim is divided into four compartments containing fabulous animals or birds among flowering plants. The lower side of the rim is painted with three branches of blossom.
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen (made)
Date
1662-1722 (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown
Materials and Techniques
Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels and gilt
Marks and inscriptions
A prunus blossom within a double circle, in blue
Dimensions
Diameter: 16.2 cm
Descriptive line
Dish, porcelain painted in overglaze enamels and gilt, China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722)
Production Note
Register
Materials
Porcelain
Techniques
Painted; Glazed; Gilt
Subjects depicted
Rock; Flowers; Banana (plant); Phoenix birds; Qilin; Birds; Animals
Categories
Ceramics; Porcelain
Collection
East Asia Collection
