IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 166873 accession number: MAR.M.200-1912 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Porcelain decorated with enamel colours; of typical form with flat-bottomed egg-shaped bowl on a tapering handle, painted with two red koi carp tied with a ribbon (symbolising the union of marriage) a pattern of interlaced squares (suymbolising good fortune) a lotus flower, other flowers, leaves and scrolls. The back has been painted with three magic musrooms (signifying long life and good fortune) and the seal mark of Tung-Chi. title: spoon NOTES ----- type: history note value: not known before Charles Brinsley Marlay, London LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: C. B. Marlay creditline: C.B. Marlay Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/166873 SUBJECTS ------------------- koi carp lotus koi carp lotus CATEGORIES ------ category: cutlery DATING ------ creation date: 1862 - 1873 creation date earliest: 1862 creation date latest: 1873 culture: Emperor Tung-Chi, Ching Dynasty culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 16.2