IDENTIFIERS
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id:	166873
accession number:	MAR.M.200-1912

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 25 February 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Porcelain decorated with enamel colours; of typical form with flat-bottomed egg-shaped bowl on a tapering handle, painted with two red koi carp tied with a ribbon (symbolising the union of marriage) a pattern of interlaced squares (suymbolising good fortune) a lotus flower, other flowers, leaves and scrolls.  The back has been painted with three magic musrooms (signifying long life and good fortune) and the seal mark of Tung-Chi.
title:	spoon

NOTES
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type: history note
value: not known before Charles Brinsley Marlay, London


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	C. B. Marlay
creditline: C.B. Marlay Bequest

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/166873


SUBJECTS
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koi carp
lotus
koi carp
lotus



CATEGORIES
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category: cutlery

DATING
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creation date:	1862 - 1873
creation date earliest:	1862
creation date latest:	1873
culture:	Emperor Tung-Chi, Ching Dynasty
culture:	19th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown
maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 16.2