Dish
1573-1620 (made)
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Dish of porcelain, saucer-shaped, wavy edge. In the middle, a ten-lobed panel containing a grasshopper with flowers on a rock, reserved on a ground of swastika diaper. On the border, which is moulded in ten panels, containing alternately fruits and emblems. Underneath the rim, roughly drawn emblems in panels.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue |
Brief description | Dish, porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue; China (Jingdezhen), Ming dynasty, Wanli period (1573-1620) |
Physical description | Dish of porcelain, saucer-shaped, wavy edge. In the middle, a ten-lobed panel containing a grasshopper with flowers on a rock, reserved on a ground of swastika diaper. On the border, which is moulded in ten panels, containing alternately fruits and emblems. Underneath the rim, roughly drawn emblems in panels. |
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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. |
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Other number | Loan no. 486 |
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Accession number | C.576-1910 |
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Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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