- Provenance
- Provenance research underway.
- Description
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Dish, low open shape, curved cavetto, narrow wedge-shaped foot.
Clay: white porcelain, smooth texture.
Glaze: transparent, feldspathic, slight aqua tint, edge of foot-rim unglazed.
Decoration: painted in underglaze cobalt blue with conventionalized lotus and leafy scroll design in large central medallion, reverse of cavetto, and narrow band at lip inside. Encircling double lines define each area.
- Marking(s)
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Mark: Ta Ch'ing K'ang-hsi nien chih (made in the K'ang-hsi reign of the great Ch'ing [dynasty]) on the base in underglaze blue in two columns of three characters each. The calligraphy is in the style of the period.
- Collection Area(s)
- Chinese Art
- Web Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- SI Usage Statement
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