These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.
Download this imageCreative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.
Famille rose dish
Production: Unknown
Ruby back saucer dish made from hard-paste porcelain, of eggshell quality, painted in enamel colours. The shallow rounded sides with lipped rim resting on a very low tapered foot. The interior is decorated with a scene of a boy holding open a scroll painted in black, with a landscape scene, for the contemplation of a scholar. The scholar is wearing a pink robe and reclining amongst large jars and a dish of fruit, his painting implements at his side.
The underside evenly applied with a mottled rich pink glaze
Bequeathed by Reginald R. Cory
Diameter: 20.6 cm
Height: 3.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1936) by Cory, Reginald R.
Yongzheng (1723-1735)
Circa
1723
-
Circa
1735
Underside composed of glaze
Enamelling : Hard-paste porcelain painted in bright enamel colours, pink, aubergine, green, yellow, turquoise, blue and black
Accession number: OC.14-1936
Primary reference Number: 77567
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2025) "Famille rose dish" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/77567 Accessed: 2025-04-05 17:37:20
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/77567
|title=Famille rose dish
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2025-04-05 17:37:20|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:
https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-77567
To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:
<div class="text-center">
<figure class="figure">
<img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa11/OC_14_1936_281_29.jpg"
alt="Famille rose dish"
class="img-fluid" />
<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Famille rose dish</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...
