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Dish: C.9-1927

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Dish. Hard-paste porcelain painted in iron-red, dark yellow, two greens, turquoise, aubergine, blue and black enamels, and gilding with a man kneeling before a warrior, a seated general, and soldiers with swords and banners.

Dish. Hard-paste porcelain painted in iron-red, dark yellow, two greens, turquoise, aubergine, blue and black enamels, and gilding. The very shallow, rounded sides rest on a low tapered double footring and rise to a broad everted, almost flat rim. The interior is finely painted in brilliant, clear enamels with a large central figure-scene medallion showing a green-robed man kneeling before a fearsome warrior who is drawing his sword from its scabbard; numerous soldiers are looking on carrying banners and gilt spears and there is a general watching in the background seated on an iron-red throne covered with a cloth. The interior has green walls edged in yellow dotted with blue and a screen behind painted with turbulent waves. The rim has a green and aubergine cell-diaper border reserved with four iron-red floral vignettes.

Legal notes

Given by Reginald Cory, MA

Measurements and weight

Height: 3.6 cm
Width: 38 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1905-04-10) by Cory, Reginald

Dating

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

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

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

Materials used in production

clear Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Throwing : Hard-paste porcelain painted in iron-red, dark yellow, two greens, turquoise, aubergine, blue and black enamels and gilding
Glazing (coating)

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.9-1927
Primary reference Number: 76366

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 3 January 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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