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Dish: C.11-1978

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Current Location: Gallery 28 - Arts of Asia Gallery

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Dish. Hard-paste porcelain, carved with anhua dragons and overpainted in two greens, turquoise, iron-red, aubergine, yellow, and black enhanced with gilding with a pheasant on rockwork.

Dish. Hard-paste porcelain painted in an enamel palette of two greens, turquoise, iron-red, aubergine, yellow, and black enhanced with gilding. The heavily potted, widely flared sides, with a lipped rim, are resting on a high foot of thick, wedge-shaped section. The interior is decorated in anhua technique with an overall design of a large four-clawed dragon shown full-face with one hand outstretched to grasp a 'flaming pearl' among scattered flame scrolls. The anhua design is overpainted with a large central medallion showing a pheasant perched on an outcrop of stacked rockwork flanked by flowering tree peony in iron-red and yellow and a prunus tree in blossom. It is encircled round the well by eight spirally-painted panels showing clusters of iron-red flowering branches growing behind pierced rockwork. Round the rim is a narrow border of detached flowering sprays interspersed with insects. The underside is also decorated in anhua with two dragons running in pursuit of 'pearls' beneath scattered sprays.

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 46.8 cm
Height: 7.2 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1978) by Smith, Sydney, Dr

Dating

Qing Dynasty
Kangxi Period (1662-1722)
Circa 1662 - Circa 1722

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamels ( two greens, turquoise, iron-red, aubergine, yellow, and black) gold

Materials used in production

Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Glazing (coating)

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.11-1978
Primary reference Number: 71362

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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