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Dish with Flowering Prunus

Chinese1723-1735

The Walters Art Museum

The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States

The flowering branch of Prunus is painted in Famille Rose overglaze enamel. This magnificent dish belongs to a set made for use in the palace.

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  • Title: Dish with Flowering Prunus
  • Creator Nationality: Chinese
  • Date Created: 1723-1735
  • Physical Dimensions: h50.2 cm
  • Type: dish;vessel
  • Rights: Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters, before 1896, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
  • External Link: The Walters Art Museum
  • Medium: porcelain with overglaze enamels
  • Provenance: William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore, prior to 1896 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
  • Place of Origin: China
  • Inscriptions: [Mark] On underside, in underglaze blue: Yongzheng [Yung-Cheng]
  • ExhibitionHistory: Masterpieces of Chinese Porcelain. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1980-1981
  • Artist: Chinese
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