dish (food service); dish (containers)

One of a pair of famille rose overglaze enamelled porcelain dishes. Shallow dish with curved sides, flared rim, and a low foot. It is painted with famille rose enamel over clear glaze; the foot rim unglazed. The inside is decorated with four stylised dragons interspersed with floral sprays, encircled with a bold gold line bordered with red enamel below rim. The exterior is painted with three floral sprays. There is a chip at the rim. It is marked on the base with red enamel: 'da qing guang xu nian zhi', meaning 'made in the Guangxu period of the Great Qing dynasty'.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
1979.20ii
Date
Qing Dynasty; Guangxu period
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 56 mm x 287 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
porcelain; enamel; glaze; gold
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
On display: Horniman Museum > World Gallery > Asia > Chinese cultures
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