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Famille verte dish: C.36-1933

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Famille verte dish

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Production: Unknown

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Description

Dish. Hard-paste porcelain painted in yellow, pale iron-red, turquoise, aubergine, blue and two green enamels with details picked out in black and gilding with a seated lady smelling a flower beside a rockwork table laden with 'Antiques'.

Dish. Hard-paste porcelain painted in yellow, pale iron-red, turquoise, aubergine, blue and two green enamels with details picked out in black and gilding. The shallow sides are sharply rounded towards the low tapered foot and rise to an outcurved rim. The interior is decorated with a lady seated on the ground smelling a flower, her left elbow resting on a pierced ornamental rock in green and aubergine; there is a low rockwork table to her right laden with 'Antiques'.

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 15.7 cm
Height: 2.3 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1933) by Valentine-Richards, A. V., The Rev

Dating

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

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of gold

Materials used in production

Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Glazing (coating)

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.36-1933
Primary reference Number: 74677

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 17 January 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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