Dish
1723-1735 (made)
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Dish of porcelain. Saucer-shaped. Decorated in doucai style in underglaze blue and overglaze enamel colours, with waterfowl and lotuses. On the rim, in blue, an inscription in Tibetan, meaning: "Excellent disciple, may the Three Blessed Ones give much bliss! By day bliss, by night bliss, may bliss be in the tent of the disciple!" Under the rim, a lotus, a rush and a waterfowl, four times repeated.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain, painted in underglaze blue and overglaze enamels |
| Brief description | Dish, porcelain decorated in doucai style in underglaze blue and overglaze enamel colours, China, Qing dynasty, Yongzheng period (with Xuande mark) |
| Physical description | Dish of porcelain. Saucer-shaped. Decorated in doucai style in underglaze blue and overglaze enamel colours, with waterfowl and lotuses. On the rim, in blue, an inscription in Tibetan, meaning: "Excellent disciple, may the Three Blessed Ones give much bliss! By day bliss, by night bliss, may bliss be in the tent of the disciple!" Under the rim, a lotus, a rush and a waterfowl, four times repeated. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'da ming Xuande nian zhi' in a double circle, in underglaze blue
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| 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. |
| Production | Register |
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| Other number | Loan No. 2447 |
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| Accession number | C.1352-1910 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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