Plate
Plate
1685-95 (made)
1685-95 (made)
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This plate is decorated with a scene taken from the popular novel 'The West Chamber'. The hero of the story, a young man called Zhang, plays the lute, in the hope that he could win the heart of a noble woman, Yingying.
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| Title | Plate (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted in underglaze blue |
| Brief description | Plate, porcelain painted in underglaze blue, with a scene from the drama "The West Chamber" (Xi Xiang Ji), China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722) |
| Physical description | Porcelain plate painted in underglaze blue, on the inside a night scene with two girls in a garden listening to a scholar playing lute indoor, from the drama "The West Chamber" (Xi Xiang Ji): Zhang Sheng plays his lute by night. Yingying and Hongniang listen (Part II, Act IV). On the rim a border of diaperwork with five reserved panels, each containing an emblem. On the outside repeated landscape scenes. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'da ming Chenghua nian zhi' in a double circle, in underglaze blue
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| Credit line | Salting Bequest |
| Object history | Bequeathed by Mr. George Salting, accessioned in 1910. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project. The scene is from the drama "The West Chamber" (Xi Xiang Ji): Zhang Sheng plays his lute by night. Yingying and Hongniang listen (Part II, Act IV). |
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| Literary reference | The West Chamber |
| Summary | This plate is decorated with a scene taken from the popular novel 'The West Chamber'. The hero of the story, a young man called Zhang, plays the lute, in the hope that he could win the heart of a noble woman, Yingying. |
| Other number | Loan no. 2031 |
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| Accession number | C.754-1910 |
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| Record created | December 17, 2008 |
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