Jingdezhen ware
(China)
- Title
- Imperial birthday dish with peach
- Place of origin
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Jingdezhen →
Jiangxi Province →
China
- Period
- Kangxi 1662 - 1722 → Qing dynasty 1644 - 1911 → China
- Year
- 1662-1722
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- porcelain with 'famille verte' decoration
- Dimensions
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5.5 x 28.6cm
- Credit
- Purchased 1971
- Accession number
- 141.1971
- Location
- Lower Asian gallery
- Further information
The delicately painted peach, a symbol of longevity, floats against a fine white porcelain ground. The peach is inscribed with the gold seal characters 'wan shou' (a myriad longevities), an imperial birthday greeting. A similar birthday dish is in the Percival David collection in London.
The Asian Collections, AGNSW, 2003, pg.124.
- Bibliography (2)
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'The Marvel of Porcelain', The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales 2003, 2003, 124 (colour illus.).
'Porcelain power' by Jackie Menzies, pg. 30-31., Look Feb 2009, Feb 2009, 31 (colour illus.).
