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Object type
Museum number
PDF,A.582
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Description
Porcelain Wine-cup. Covered outisde with cobalt blue glaze with four-clawed dragon scratched through to the body. Plain white inside and on base, in the centre of which is an artemisia leaf in blue.
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Culture/period
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Date
- 1662-1722
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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: 50 millimetres
- Diameter: 51 millimetres
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Inscriptions
Inscription Type
markInscription Language
ChineseInscription Comment
Kangxi mark and period
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Curator's comments
Published PDF date : Qing 19thCRoom 95 label text:
PDF A582
Cup with dragons
This cup with everted rim has a blown on cobalt-blue glaze. A design of a four-clawed dragon is scratched through to the porcelain body. On the base is an artemisia leaf.
Porcelain with a cobalt-blue glaze and decoration scratched through the glaze
Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province 江西省, 景德鎮
Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, AD 1662–1722 -
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Location
On display: G95/dc46/sh4
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Acquisition name
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Acquisition notes
PDF card: Acquired 1952. Elphinstone Gift
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Department
Asia
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Registration number
PDF,A.582
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