Dish
ca. 1730-1735 (made)
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'Eggshell' porcelain dish decorated in overglaze polychrome enamels and gold with a domestic scene depicting a seated woman with one child on her knees and another child standing next to her and holding two peaches; the scene is enclosed in a leaf-shaped panel reserved on a Y-diaper ground painted in blue enamel, framed by a border of hexagon diaper pattern in pink. Round the rim a narrow border of lozenge diaper in light green, and a wider border of floral scrolls in gold.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted in overglaze polychrome enamels and gold |
Brief description | Porcelain dish painted in overglaze polychrome enamels and gold, China, Qing dynasty, ca. 1730-35 |
Physical description | 'Eggshell' porcelain dish decorated in overglaze polychrome enamels and gold with a domestic scene depicting a seated woman with one child on her knees and another child standing next to her and holding two peaches; the scene is enclosed in a leaf-shaped panel reserved on a Y-diaper ground painted in blue enamel, framed by a border of hexagon diaper pattern in pink. Round the rim a narrow border of lozenge diaper in light green, and a wider border of floral scrolls in gold. |
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Credit line | Gulland Bequest |
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Bibliographic reference | Kerr, Rose and Luisa E. Mengoni Chinese Export Ceramics London: V&A Publishing, 2011, pp.34-35, pl.36 |
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Accession number | CIRC.432-1931 |
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Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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