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dish

• Object type

  • dish

• Museum number

  PDF,A.428

• Description

  Porcelain dish. The dish has a white body and grey-toned glaze. There are two phoenixes, with flower and branch scroll in between in 'anhua' slip on the exterior, and a cloud design on the interior. There is a mark on the interior.

• Culture/period

  • Qing dynasty

• Date

  • 1662-1722

• Materials

  • porcelain

• Ware

  • Chinese White Ware

• Technique

  • anhua
  • glazed

• Dimensions

  • Height: 36 millimetres
  • Diameter: 142 millimetres

• Inscriptions

  • • Inscription Type

      mark

    • Inscription Language

      Chinese

    • Inscription Comment

      Yongle mark

• Curator's comments

  Published PDF date : MingRoom 95 label text:

  PDF A428

  Dish with phoenixes

  
  This white porcelain saucer-dish has an anhua (hidden or secret) design of two phoenixes in the inner walls and a seal script character mark 永樂年製 (Yongle nian zhi 'made in the Yongle reign') framed by a double circle. The dish is an imitation of a Yongle white dish made more than 250 years later in the Kangxi reign (AD 1662–1722). The porcelain is slightly grainy which distinguishes it from the originals.

  
  Porcelain with incised and anhua decoration and a transparent glaze
  Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province 江西省, 景德鎮
  Qing dynasty, about AD 1662–1722

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• Location

  On display: G95/dc40/sh2

• Acquisition name

  • On loan from: Sir Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art

• Department

  Asia

• Registration number

  PDF,A.428