Dish
ca. 1700-1720 (made)
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Dish (one of a pair), with rising sides and flat spreading rim; low footrim. Painted in the centre entirely in enamels and gilt is a design of mandarin ducks swimming among lotus plants with a narrow ruyi head border; round the well are cartouches with fish reserved on an underglaze blue ground with gilt "cracked ice" pattern; and on the rim are lotus plants and ducks. Three floral sprays are painted round the outside below a border with fish in cartouches on a diapered ground.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted in underglaze blue and overglaze enamels and gilt |
| Brief description | Dish (one of a pair), porcelain painted in underglaze blue and overglaze enamels and gilt; China (Jingdezhen), Qing dynasty, ca. 1700-20 |
| Physical description | Dish (one of a pair), with rising sides and flat spreading rim; low footrim. Painted in the centre entirely in enamels and gilt is a design of mandarin ducks swimming among lotus plants with a narrow ruyi head border; round the well are cartouches with fish reserved on an underglaze blue ground with gilt "cracked ice" pattern; and on the rim are lotus plants and ducks. Three floral sprays are painted round the outside below a border with fish in cartouches on a diapered ground. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Mrs B. Nichols |
| Production | Register |
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| Accession number | FE.23-1972 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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