Dish
1662-1722 (made)
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Dish of porcelain, painted with overglaze enamels in the famille verte palette. Round the rim a border of flowered coin-diaper in colours on the white ground, broken by six bracket-panels containing formal flowers in colours on white ground. In the centre, a garden scene with two ladies. On the left, a lady attired in blue sitting on green rocks; before her a table on which lies a qin in its case; behind her a tree. On the right, the second lady, seated on the far side of a fence which runs across the scene; she is seated at a table on which stand a teapot, two teacups and a censer. In the background, rocks and flowers. In the foreground, rocks and flowers and two butterflies.
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Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels |
Brief description | Dish, porcelain painted with overglaze enamels in the famille verte palette; China (Jingdezhen), Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722) |
Physical description | Dish of porcelain, painted with overglaze enamels in the famille verte palette. Round the rim a border of flowered coin-diaper in colours on the white ground, broken by six bracket-panels containing formal flowers in colours on white ground. In the centre, a garden scene with two ladies. On the left, a lady attired in blue sitting on green rocks; before her a table on which lies a qin in its case; behind her a tree. On the right, the second lady, seated on the far side of a fence which runs across the scene; she is seated at a table on which stand a teapot, two teacups and a censer. In the background, rocks and flowers. In the foreground, rocks and flowers and two butterflies. |
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Credit line | Bequeathed by Mr W. G. Gulland |
Object history | Previously on long term loan to Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, from 1962. |
Production | Register |
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Accession number | CIRC.302-1931 |
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Record created | October 29, 2008 |
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