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Sweetmeat dish: C.10 & A-1929

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Current Location: Gallery 28 - Arts of Asia Gallery

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Description

The dish and lid have a painted underglaze in blue, red, green, and yellow enamels. The dish has decorations of green dragons and red dragons.
The dish has the six character mark of the Wan Li time period, in blue, within two concentric circles

Legal notes

Given by Mrs W. D. Dickson

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 20.3 cm
Height: 10.2 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1929-05-31) by Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs

Dating

Ming Dynasty
1573 - 1620

Materials used in production

blue Underglaze colour
Enamels
Hard-paste porcelain
Polychrome

Techniques used in production

Enamelling
Underglaze

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.10 & A-1929
Primary reference Number: 71112

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 22 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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