Plaque
1700-1883 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Painted enamels of this kind were commonly known in English as 'Canton enamel', after the main centre of their production in South China. They were popular export products in the 18th and 19th centuries. These copper wares were also produced in Beijing for imperial consumption. In Chinese they were referred to as 'foreign porcelain' (yangci 洋瓷).
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Painted enamels on a copper body |
| Brief description | Plaque, painted enamels on copper, Guangzhou, China, 1700-1883 |
| Physical description | Oblong copper plaque painted with polychrome enamels mounted on a wooden board. The plaque is painted with flowers and fruits on a white ground. The edge of the plaque is decorated with a red band inside a blue band, both set against a white ground. |
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| Credit line | Purchased. Acquisition register comments: "Chinese, acquired in Persia" |
| Object history | Purchased from Robert Murdoch Smith, accessioned in 1884. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project. |
| Summary | Painted enamels of this kind were commonly known in English as 'Canton enamel', after the main centre of their production in South China. They were popular export products in the 18th and 19th centuries. These copper wares were also produced in Beijing for imperial consumption. In Chinese they were referred to as 'foreign porcelain' (yangci 洋瓷). |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 410-1884 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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