Medium: Porcelain with overglaze enamel decoration
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Dates:1723–1735
Dimensions: 3 1/4 × 18 in. (8.3 × 45.7 cm) mount (dimensions as installed): 17 3/4 × 17 3/4 × 4 in. (45.1 × 45.1 × 10.2 cm)
Collections:
Museum Location: Asian Galleries, West, 2nd floor (China)
Exhibitions:
Accession Number: 32.931a
Image: 32.931a_edited_PS11.jpg,
Catalogue Description: White glazed porcelain decorated on the cavetto with five clawed dragon, etc. Old Accession Card: Pair of very large plates with rather high feet, broad cavettos, high marlys, and flat rims of medium width with low raised edges. White glazed porcelain decorated on the cavetto with a five-clawed dragon and a phoenix among clouds on either side of a flaming jewel, painted in semi-opaque overglaze enamels, among which the pink of the famille rose palette is noticeable, outlined in underglaze blue, a technique for which the Yung Cheng period was noted. The marly is painted with a band of stylized chrysanthemum flowers enclosing longevity characters, and the rim with clouds, in the same technique. On the underside is a design of bats hovering around mounds of rock, from which fungi are growing, rising from waves, also painted in the same way but with more prominence given to the blue. The foot rim is neatly finished, and the base is glazed white and has a six character Yung Cheng seal mark neatly written in a strong underglaze blue.