dish
- Museum number
- PDF.787
- Description
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Porcelain dish with rounded sides and a straight rim. There are dragons and pearls incised in Sancai style on-biscuit purple, brown and green enamel in the centre of the interior, flower sprays in the cavetto, and dragons and fungus incised on the exterior. There is a mark in brown on the base. One of a pair with PDF788.
- Production date
- 1662-1722
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 115 millimetres
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Height: 28 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
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Published PDF date : Qing Kangxi 1662-1722
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Room 95 label text:
PDF 787
Dish with dragons chasing flaming pearls
In contrast to Europe, in China dragons are traditionally considered to be auspicious. They are regarded as the controllers of the water supply and ultimately came to symbolise imperial authority. The base has a six-character Kangxi reign mark.
Porcelain with incised decoration and on-the-biscuit yellow, aubergine, brown and green
Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province 江西省, 景德鎮
Qing dynasty, Kangxi mark and period, AD 1662–1722
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PDF 787
龍戲珠紋盤
與歐洲相反,龍在中國傳統中被視為祥瑞。因其能掌控行雨,最終演變成皇家權力的象徵。器底署六字康熙年款。
瓷器,劃花,素燒胎黃、茄皮紫、褐及綠彩
江西省景德鎮
清代,康熙,康熙款,1662-1722年
- Location
- On display (G95/dc25/sh9)
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- PDF.787