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Dish: C.11-1980

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

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Production: Unknown

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Description

Circular hard-paste porcelain dish, decorated underglaze in blue, and clear glaze. Double foot rim and slightly everted rim. The exterior is decorated with three sprays of prunus and blue bands round the foot rim, and under the rim. The interior is decorated with Fo-shou, 'Buddha's Hand' fruits, circular fruits and foliage, and a blue band round the rim

There are many small chips on the underside of the rim, and on the foot-rim

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Jacob Leveen

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 32.5 cm
Height: 6.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1980) by Leveen, Jacob

Dating

Kangxi Period (1662-1722)
Production date: circa AD 1700

Materials used in production

Underglaze colour
Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Glazing

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.11-1980
Primary reference Number: 71364
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 17 September 2015 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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