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Porcelain dish with a shaped rim, decorated in blue, and drawn and painted with three flowering lotus flowers within a barbed medallion (a design which is rare), enclosed by 12 vertical sprays of flowers emblematic of the months. The rim is decorated with a narrow border of archaic lotus meander, the underside of which has 12 vertical sprays alternately of lotus and ling chick fungus.
History note: Sold at Sotheby's January 31st 1956, lot 18. The property of Mrs B. A. Cobb. Bought by Bluett
Bought from Bluett & Sons, with the C. J. M. Adie Fund
Diameter: 38 cm
Height: 6.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1956-03-01) by Bluett & Sons
Ming Dynasty
1426
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1435
Accession number: C.2-1956
Primary reference Number: 73205
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Dish" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/73205 Accessed: 2024-11-05 08:35:45
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