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Dish

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

Dish of porcelain, painted in underglaze cobalt blue and copper red with rock, bamboo, flowering plum (the blossom in copper-red which has turned to purple in the firing) and two birds.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue and copper red
Brief description
Dish, porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue and copper red, China (Jingdezhen), Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (with Xuande mark)
Physical description
Dish of porcelain, painted in underglaze cobalt blue and copper red with rock, bamboo, flowering plum (the blossom in copper-red which has turned to purple in the firing) and two birds.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 21.9cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'da ming Xuande nian zhi' in underglaze blue
    Translation
    Made in the Xuande period of the great Ming dynasty
  • Transliteration
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Credit line
Given by Sydney Vacher
Production
label
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.50-1930

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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