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Dish

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

Dish of porcelain. Saucer-shaped. Painted with overglaze enamels in the famille verte palette and gilded. In the middle, a meeting between a warrior and a lady. Border of trellis diaper broken by plum-blossom, with four reserved panels containing fungus. The scene is from the drama "The West Chamber" (Xi Xiang Ji): Sun Fei Hu casts his spear down before General Du and begs for mercy (Part II, Act I).


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleDish (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels and gilded
Brief description
Dish, porcelain painted with overglaze enamels in the famille verte palette and gilded, with a scene from the drama "The West Chamber" (Xi Xiang Ji), China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722)
Physical description
Dish of porcelain. Saucer-shaped. Painted with overglaze enamels in the famille verte palette and gilded. In the middle, a meeting between a warrior and a lady. Border of trellis diaper broken by plum-blossom, with four reserved panels containing fungus. The scene is from the drama "The West Chamber" (Xi Xiang Ji): Sun Fei Hu casts his spear down before General Du and begs for mercy (Part II, Act I).
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 21.6cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
A seal character, in a double circle, in underglaze blue
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.
The scene is from the drama "The West Chamber" (Xi Xiang Ji): Sun Fei Hu casts his spear down before General Du and begs for mercy (Part II, Act I).
Production
Register
Subjects depicted
Literary referenceThe West Chamber
Other number
Loan No. 248
Collection
Accession number
C.1171-1910

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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