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Saucer dish: C.8-1927

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Saucer dish (one of a pair). Hard-paste porcelain painted in iron-red, yellow, aubergine, turquoise, blue and two green enamels with details in black and gilding with a seated maiden and a boy in a balustraded garden.

Saucer dish (one of a pair). Hard-paste porcelain painted in iron-red, yellow, aubergine, turquoise, blue and two green enamels with details in black and gilding. It has shallow rounded sides with a slightly lipped rim resting on a very low tapered foot. It shows a maiden and a boy in a balustraded garden, the boy gesturing towards her as she sits on a red stool holding a leafy sprig. The rim is encircled by double line borders in iron-red; the underside with ribboned artemesia leaf, ruyi-sceptre, cash and qin emblems and a coat-of-arms in iron-red. The base has two concentric circles in underglaze blue enclosing the mark.

Legal notes

Given by Reginald Cory, MA

Measurements and weight

Height: 4.1 cm
Width: 21.9 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1905-04-10) by Cory, Reginald

Dating

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

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

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

Materials used in production

clear Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Throwing : Hard-paste porcelain painted in iron-red, yellow, aubergine, turquoise, blue and two green enamels with details in black and gilding
Glazing (coating)

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.8-1927
Primary reference Number: 98389

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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