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Dish: C.7-1968

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Current Location: Gallery 28 - Arts of Asia Gallery

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Production: Unknown

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Description

The inside the white dish is decorated with dragons. The outside has a dark blue glaze.
The dish has an incised mark of Hsuan Te

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Mrs Walter Sedgwick, through the National Art Collections Fund

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 21.8 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1968) by Sedgwick, Walter, Mrs

Dating

15th Century, Early
1426 - 1435

Materials used in production

Hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Glaze

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.7-1968
Primary reference Number: 75908

Audit data

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

Associated departments & institutions

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

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