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'Egg and Spinach' Plate. Hard-paste porcelain, of square section, decorated on the biscuit with yellow, green, aubergine and cream glazes and applied in high relief with a chilong dragon.
'Egg and Spinach' Plate. Hard-paste porcelain decorated on the biscuit with yellow, green, aubergine and cream glazes. The domed body is of square section with indented corners and a vertical groove at each corner running from the base to the small mouth which is of similar section. The exterior and the base are both splashed in the coloured glazes. A chilong dragon applied in high relief clambers up one side, its thin cream-coloured body is spotted with dark brown and its pointed head is leaning over the short mouthrim.
Diameter: 5.6 cm
Height: 4.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1933) by Valentine-Richards, A. V., The Rev
Qing Dynasty
Kangxi Period (1662-1722)
Circa
1662
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Circa
1722
Side
yellow, green, aubergine and cream
Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain
Glazing (coating) : Hard-paste porcelain decorated on the biscuit with yellow, green, aubergine and cream glazes and applied in high relief with a chilong dragon
Accession number: C.41-1933
Primary reference Number: 74961
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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