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Dish. Hard-paste porcelain painted in iron-red, green, yellow, black and grey enamels. The dish has shallow, rounded sides with a broad, everted rim resting on a low, tapered footrim. The central medallion is painted with a lady at a table holding a chrysanthemum sprig beside a screen and balcony. The scene is within borders of ruyi heads, foliate lines, trellis work and, around the rim, peony heads and foliage on a fish roe ground. The underside is decorated with a band of cloud scrolls, and lappets around the footrim.
History note: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991.
Diameter: 47.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Qing Dynasty
Kangxi Period (1662-1722)
17th Century-18th Century#
Circa
1662
-
1722
Decoration composed of enamels ( famille verte in iron-red, green, yellow, grey and black enamels)
Throwing : Hard-paste porcelain painted in iron-red, green, yellow, grey and black enamels with gilding
Inscription present: rectangular, white, with blue border
Inscription present: octagonal, white, with black border
Accession number: C.669-1991
Primary reference Number: 21535
Old object number: CHICER/296
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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