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Description: | Large dishes of this size were rare. It was possibly made for the export market in the 19th century, when Chinese porcelain dishes of a grand size were sometimes used as display pieces in houses of the well-to-do in Europe and the West.
Large porcelain dish with curved sides and flared rim. It stands on a low, incurved foot ring. The dish is decorated with cobalt blue pigment under a shiny, clear glaze with a bluish tinge; the foot rim is unglazed. The interior is painted with a peacock and a peahen in a landscape surrounded by plum blossom, chrysanthemum, peony, bamboo and a stream. The exterior is painted with sprays of orchids alternating with sprays of chrysanthemum. The base has a mark: 'xi chan shan', probably the name of a hill.
caption: Frontal view of object no. nn1732.
caption: Rear view of object no. nn1732. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | Ceramics mineral pigment dishes (food service) porcelain glaze dishes (containers) Food and Feasting | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-54913 | Go to resource |
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