Dish
1662-1722 (made)
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Dish of porcelain, decorated in famille verte style with coloured enamels. Saucer-shaped. Painted in the middle with flowers in a fantastic lobed vase, the body of which is painted with prunus blossoms on a green cracked-ice ground, the foot and neck, with plantain leaves in blue and green. Border of red flowers on a ground of hexagonal and swastika diaper in red and green with butterflies in reserved panels. Outside, three floral sprays in red.
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Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels |
Brief description | Dish, porcelain painted in famille verte style with coloured enamels, China (Jingdezhen), Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722) |
Physical description | Dish of porcelain, decorated in famille verte style with coloured enamels. Saucer-shaped. Painted in the middle with flowers in a fantastic lobed vase, the body of which is painted with prunus blossoms on a green cracked-ice ground, the foot and neck, with plantain leaves in blue and green. Border of red flowers on a ground of hexagonal and swastika diaper in red and green with butterflies in reserved panels. Outside, three floral sprays in red. |
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Credit line | W. W. Aston Bequest |
Production | Register |
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Accession number | C.1059-1917 |
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Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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