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Dish: C.4-1929

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Dish. Hard-paste porcelain painted in iron-red, yellow, blue, black, turquoise, aubergine and two tones of green enhanced with gilding with

Dish. Hard-paste porcelain painted in a good clear enamel palette of iron-red, yellow, blue, black, turquoise, aubergine and two tones of green enhanced with gilding. It has shallow rounded sides with a broad everted rim. The interior is vividly painted with a phoenix swooping down towards its mate which is perched on an outcrop of pale green pierced rockwork flanked by floweing tree peony and rose, enclircled round the rim by eight radiating panels alternately enclosing flowers growing from rockwork and mythical beasts - kylin and Buddhist lions - divided by tasselled ruyi-heads. The underside has four sprays of flowering iron-red peony. The base has two concentric circles in underglaze blue enclosing the mark.

Legal notes

Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 33 cm
Height: 4.2 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1929-05-31) by Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs

Dating

Qing Dynasty
Kangxi Period (1662-1722)
Circa 1662 - Circa 1722

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamels ( iron-red, yellow, blue, black, turquoise, aubergine and two tones of green) gold

Materials used in production

clear Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Glazing (coating)

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.4-1929
Primary reference Number: 75001

Audit data

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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