Dish
Dish
1662-1722 (made)
1662-1722 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Dish of porcelain. Saucer-shaped. Painted with overglaze enamels in the famille verte palette and gilded. In the middle, two ladies beneath a window at which is seated a musician. Border of trellis diaper broken by plum-blossom, with four reserved panels containing fungus. The scene is from the drama "The West Chamber" (Xi Xiang Ji): Zhang Sheng plays his lute at night as Yingying and Hongniang listen (Part II, Act IV).
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Dish (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Dish, porcelain painted with overglaze enamels in the famille verte palette and gilded, with a scene from the drama "The West Chamber" (Xi Xiang Ji), China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722) |
| Physical description | Dish of porcelain. Saucer-shaped. Painted with overglaze enamels in the famille verte palette and gilded. In the middle, two ladies beneath a window at which is seated a musician. Border of trellis diaper broken by plum-blossom, with four reserved panels containing fungus. The scene is from the drama "The West Chamber" (Xi Xiang Ji): Zhang Sheng plays his lute at night as Yingying and Hongniang listen (Part II, Act IV). |
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| Marks and inscriptions | A seal character, in a double circle, in underglaze blue |
| 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 at night as Yingying and Hongniang listen (Part II, Act IV). |
| Production | Register |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Literary reference | The West Chamber |
| Other number | Loan No. 249 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.1172-1910 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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