Dish
1644-1911 (made)
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Dish of porcelain, with decoration painted in underglaze blue and in enamel colours (including blue) and gilt. Round the rim is a narrow border containing three varieties of cell-diaper in three pairs of opposite compartments, broken by six bracket panels containing 6 dragons on a white ground, four of the dragons being red and gold, and the remaining two in blue enamel. In the centre painted with prunus tree, bamboo, rocks and twelve magpies.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted in underglaze blue, overglaze enamels and gilt |
| Brief description | Dish, porcelain painted in underglaze blue, overglaze enamels and gilt, China, Qing dynasty |
| Physical description | Dish of porcelain, with decoration painted in underglaze blue and in enamel colours (including blue) and gilt. Round the rim is a narrow border containing three varieties of cell-diaper in three pairs of opposite compartments, broken by six bracket panels containing 6 dragons on a white ground, four of the dragons being red and gold, and the remaining two in blue enamel. In the centre painted with prunus tree, bamboo, rocks and twelve magpies. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | A double circle, in underglaze blue |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Mr W. G. Gulland |
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| Accession number | CIRC.279-1931 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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