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Object type
Museum number
PDF,A.428
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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.
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Culture/period
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Date
- 1662-1722
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Materials
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Ware
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Technique
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Dimensions
- Height: 36 millimetres
- Diameter: 142 millimetres
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Inscriptions
Inscription Type
markInscription Language
ChineseInscription Comment
Yongle mark
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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 -
Location
On display: G95/dc40/sh2
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Acquisition name
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Department
Asia
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Registration number
PDF,A.428
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