Dish
1736-1795 (made)
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Dish with rounded sides and slightly everted rim, set on a high, spreading, hollow foot ribbed just below the join, painted with sprays of chrysanthemum, lotus, magnolia and other flowers interspersed among four butterflies, in overglaze polychrome enamels in the famille rose palette. The stem is covered with a light green enamel veined with grey, apparently to imitate marble. The mark is written horizontally in four seal characters in red enamel within the foot.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted in overglaze polychrome enamels |
| Brief description | Porcelain dish on high foot, painted in overglaze polychrome enamels in famille rose style, Jingdezhen, China, Qing dynasty, Qianlong mark and period (1736-95) |
| Physical description | Dish with rounded sides and slightly everted rim, set on a high, spreading, hollow foot ribbed just below the join, painted with sprays of chrysanthemum, lotus, magnolia and other flowers interspersed among four butterflies, in overglaze polychrome enamels in the famille rose palette. The stem is covered with a light green enamel veined with grey, apparently to imitate marble. The mark is written horizontally in four seal characters in red enamel within the foot. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Four-character Qianlong mark in seal script in red enamel within the foot |
| Credit line | Dame Ada MacNaghten Bequest |
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| Accession number | FE.17-1970 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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