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dish
Object Type
dish
Museum number
1945,1016.6
Description
Porcelain dish decorated in underglaze blue and polychrome enamels. It has rounded sides and a broad tapering foot. Inside two fierce dragons with gaping jaws are depicted, reserved in underglaze blue, chasing each other around a flaming pearl on a yellow ground. Outside alternating flowering and fruiting branches are outlined in black enamel with red flowers and fruit, and green leaves on a yellow ground. The base has a six-character Wanli mark in black enamel in a double ring and is covered with a yellow enamel glaze.
Cultures/periods
Ming dynasty
Wanli
(mark and period)
Production date
1573-1620
Production place
Made in:
Jingdezhen
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
China
Materials
porcelain
Technique
glazed
painted
underglazed
Dimensions
Diameter:
19.50 centimetres
Height:
3.50 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Harrison-Hall 2001 / Catalogue of Late Yuan and Ming Ceramics in the British Museum
(11:140)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
flaming jewel
dragon
fruit
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Francis Edward Howard Paget
Acquisition date
1945
Department
Asia
Registration number
1945,1016.6
Conservation
Treatment
: 17 Dec 1996