Dish
1736-1795 (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 copper |
| Brief description | Dish, painted enamels on copper, Guangzhou, China, Qianlong mark and period, 1736-95 |
| Physical description | Dish, painted enamels on copper, with a European landscape, painted in colours within a triple border of petals, the whole in reserve against a paink ground; the back of the rim has the same pink ground, painted in oil colours with four sprays of colours; the base in covered with a white enamel. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 大清乾隆年製 (On base)
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| Credit line | Given by Miss Marcus |
| Object history | Given by Miss Marcus "in memory of her brother, Maurice Marcus" |
| Production | label |
| 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 | C.34-1924 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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