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Object Type
Museum number: PDF,A.715
Description: Porcelain cup. Decorated in doucai style with underglaze blue outlines and washes and overglaze red, green and pale aubergine enamels. 'Luohua liushi' motif on the exterior, with red flowers falling from a peach tree into a rocky stream . There is a mark on the base.
Cultures/periods: Qing dynasty; Yongzheng
Production date: 1723-1735
Production place: Made in: Jingdezhen
Materials
Technique: doucai; underglazed
Dimensions: Diameter: 92 millimetres; Height: 51 millimetres
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Curator's comments: Published PDF date : Qing Yongzheng 1723-1735; Room 95 label text: PDF A715 Bowl with flowers cascading into a river design This small bowl is decorated in doucai style with underglaze blue outlines and washes and overglaze red, green and pale aubergine enamels. The design shows red flowers falling from a peach tree into a rocky stream . There is an apocryphal Chenghua mark on the base. Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze enamels Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province 江西省, 景德鎮 Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, AD 1735–1795; PDF A715 落花流水紋碗這件小碗以鬥彩風格裝飾，先在釉下用青花勾勒渲染紋樣輪廓等，后在釉上青花線輪廓中填染紅、綠、淡茄紫彩。圖案為紅花自桃樹上落入到有石溪流中。外底署成化寄託年款。瓷器，青花，釉上彩江西省景德鎮清代，乾隆，1735–1795年
Bibliographic references: Feng 2006 / Illustrated Catalogue of Ming and Ming Style Polychrome Wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art (p.53, no.A715); Medley 1978 / Illustrated Catalogue of Ming Polychrome Wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art (p.51, no.168); Pierson 2002 / Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art: A Guide to the Collection (p.88, no.93 (centre)); Medley 1975 / Volume 7: Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art (Monochrome pl. 251); Pierson 2001 / Designs as Signs: Decoration and Chinese Ceramics (p. 51, no. 46)
Location: On display (G95/dc31/sh8)
Department: Asia
Registration number: PDF,A.715

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