Dish
Dish
ca. 1662-1673 (made)
ca. 1662-1673 (made)
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Dish made of porcelain, painted in underglaze cobalt blue, Kangxi mark on base.
Object details
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| Title | Dish (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Porcelain, painted in underglaze cobalt blue |
| Brief description | Dish, porcelain painted with underglaze cobalt blue, China, Kangxi mark and period, ca. 1662-1673 |
| Physical description | Dish made of porcelain, painted in underglaze cobalt blue, Kangxi mark on base. |
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| Content description | The heroine Cui Yingying is reading a letter from her banished suitor, which her maid, who is hovering outside on the terrace, has smuggled in concealed in the toilet box visible on the table. |
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| Credit line | Given by Sydney Vacher |
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| Bibliographic reference | Kerr, Rose. Chinese Ceramics, Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty 1644-1911. London: V&A, 1998. no. 32, p. 56.
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.586-1925 |
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| Record created | January 24, 2008 |
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