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Dish: C.2-1956

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Current Location: Gallery 28 - Arts of Asia Gallery

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Production: Unknown

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Description

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.

Notes

History note: Sold at Sotheby's January 31st 1956, lot 18. The property of Mrs B. A. Cobb. Bought by Bluett

Legal notes

Bought from Bluett & Sons, with the C. J. M. Adie Fund

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 38 cm
Height: 6.7 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1956-03-01) by Bluett & Sons

Dating

Ming Dynasty
1426 - 1435

Materials used in production

Hard-paste porcelain

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2-1956
Primary reference Number: 73205

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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 22 April 2024

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

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