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Dish: OC.15-1938

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Dish. Hard-paste porcelain, lobed and painted in iron-red, turquoise, two tones of green, yellow, aubergine and blue with details in black and gilding with two phoenix amid rocks and plants within borders.

Dish. Hard-paste porcelain painted in a clear, bright enamel palette of iron-red, turquoise, two tones of green, yellow, aubergine and blue with details in black and gilding. The shallow flared sides are divided into twenty-four lobes beneath the short rim which is angled upwards with a scalloped edge. The interior is well painted with a central medallion showing a phoenix perched on an outcrop of jagged rockwork, flanked by peonies and a leafy maple tree, gazing up at its mate in flight above, and encircled by a border of different diaper patterns reserved with six iron-red lotus vignettes. The cavetto is divided into eight radiating panels alternately enclosing mountainous landscsapes, flowering sprays and members of the 'Hundred Antiques'. There is a border of multi-coloured flowerheads within circles round the rim. The underside is decorated with four sprays of iron-red peony.

Notes

History note: The Cunliffe Collection Catalogue confirms the label with the description: 'From G.C. Gibson. Feb. 12. £20, Lot. No. 53.'

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 36.2 cm
Height: 6 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Cunliffe, Leonard Daneham

Dating

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

Components of the work

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

Materials used in production

Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Glazing (coating)

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: rectangular outline enclosing two signs within a double circle. See drawing on old catalogue slip.

  • Location: On the base
  • Method of creation: Painted in underglaze blue
  • Type: Shop mark
  • Text: T. 54 L.D.C. Sold Christies, February 27, 1912, lot 53, from the collection of Gery Milner-Gibson-Cullum, Esq, F.S.A., of Hardwick House, Bury St. Edmund's.
  • Type: Label

Identification numbers

Accession number: OC.15-1938
Primary reference Number: 77584

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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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