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Dish

1600-1799 (made)
Place of origin

Porcelain dish painted with eighteen dark blue flowers around rim and base, the centre decorated with blue scroll ornamentation, a blue maker's mark is present on the base

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain, painted with coloured enamels
Brief description
Dish, porcelain, painted with coloured enamels, China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), 17-18th century
Physical description
Porcelain dish painted with eighteen dark blue flowers around rim and base, the centre decorated with blue scroll ornamentation, a blue maker's mark is present on the base
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 27.3cm
  • Height: 0.0cm
Taken from register.
Style
Object history
Purchased from Robert Murdoch Smith, accessioned in 1876. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
IRAN
Production
CHINESE
Association
Collection
Accession number
1638-1876

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Record createdMarch 7, 2000
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