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Object type
Museum number
PDF,A.740
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Description
Porcelain dish painted with iron brown enamel against a white ground. Inside, incised single spray of gardenia in the centre with four flower and fruit sprays in the cavetto, including grapevine, lotus, pomegranate and persimmon. Outside incised with band of scrolling gardenia sprays. There is a mark on the base.
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Culture/period
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Date
- 1488-1505
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Production place
- Made in: Jingdezhen
- (Asia,China,Jiangxi (province),Jingdezhen)
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Materials
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Technique
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Dimensions
- Height: 55 millimetres
- Diameter: 260 millimetres
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Inscriptions
Inscription Type
reign markInscription Position
on baseInscription Language
ChineseInscription Content
大明弘治年製Inscription Transliteration
Da Ming Hongzhi nian zhiInscription Translation
Made in the Ming dynasty, Hongzhi reign
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Curator's comments
Published PDF date : Ming Hongzhi 1488-1505Room 95 label text:
PDF A740
Dish with fruiting and flowering branches
Potters painted flowering gardenia in the centre. There are four flower and fruit sprays in the cavetto, including grapevine, lotus, pomegranate and persimmon. Outside it is incised with a band of scrolling gardenia. The combination of iron-brown on a white ground is unusual but was a technique invented in the early fifteenth century. The base has a six-character underglaze cobalt-blue Hongzhi reign mark.
Porcelain with incised decoration, underglaze cobalt-blue mark and overglaze iron- brown
Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province 江西省, 景德鎮
Ming dynasty, Hongzhi mark and period, AD 1488–1505 -
Bibliography
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Location
On display: G95/dc25/sh2
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Acquisition name
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Department
Asia
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Registration number
PDF,A.740

Porcelain dish painted with iron brown enamel against a white ground. Inside, incised single spray of gardenia in the centre with four flower and fruit sprays in the cavetto, including grapevine, lotus, pomegranate and persimmon. Outside incised with band of scrolling gardenia sprays. Mark on base.
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