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Dish: C.42-1933

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Current Location: In storage

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Production: Unknown

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Description

Leaf-shaped Dish. Hard-paste porcelain painted on the biscuit in yellow, aubergine, turquoise and two green enamels with details in black with an Immortal, a deer and two attendants.

Leaf-shaped Dish. Hard-paste porcelain painted on the biscuit in yellow, aubergine, turquoise and two green enamels with details in black. It is of quatrefoil section with flared sides and a narrow flat rim. The exterior has different floral sprays on each of the four sides, reserved against a pale yellow ground. The interior has a central panel showing an Immortal accompanied by a spotted deer and two attendants in a rocky landscape. There is a yellow-ground prunus scroll round the rim.

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 13.2 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

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamels ( yellow, aubergine, turquoise, two green and black)

Materials used in production

Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Glazing (coating)

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.42-1933
Primary reference Number: 75034
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 6 September 2012 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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