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Wucai dish with dragons, phoenixes and floral scrolls, Qing dynasty, China, 1662-1722.
Wucai dish with dragons, phoenixes and floral scrolls, Kangxi period, Qing dynasty, China, 1662-1722. A wucai dish of saucer shape decorated in wucai (5 colour) enamels including underglaze blue with scaly dragons and flying phoenixes among chrysanthemum and peony blooms and dense foliate scrolls, arranged in a medallion within a frieze repeated on the underside. 6 character Xuande mark in underglaze blue in double circle on the base. Dragon and phoenix dishes and bowls in wucai polychrome colours were popular imperial ceramics, the dragon represents the Emperor and the phoenix the Empress.
Unique Identifier
AR917351
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
2213px × 2830px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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17th century
18th century
allegorical figure
Allegory
artefact
Artifact
artistic school
blue
Ceramic
china
CHINESE
color
country
DECORATION
Dish
Dragon
DYNASTY
eighteenth century
emperor
Empress
Floral
Flower
FLOWERS
GLAZED
green
Kangxi period
LOCATION
Museum of East Asian Art
mythical beast
mythical creature
MYTHOLOGY
NATURE
Object
Ornamentation
PATTERNED
People
phoenix
Plant
Polychrome
Porcelain
Pottery
qing dynasty
red
ROAD TRANSPORT
royal
Royalty
SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
transport
TRANSPORTATION
Truck
white
wucai