Period:Qing dynasty Production date:1662-1722
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, painted,
Subjects:musical instrument bamboo symbol fruit garden pavilion
Dimensions:Diameter: 11.25 inches
Description:
Dish. Figures in pavilion and garden playing zither, with bamboo, plum and auspicious objects. Made of enamelled porcelain.
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![图片[1]-dish BM-Franks.196-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00102211_001.jpg)
Comments:The scene is from the drama “The West Chamber” (Xi Xiang Ji): Zhang Sheng plays his zither (qin) at night, Yingying and Hongnian listen. (Part II), Act IV. See a dish with the same scene in the V&A Museum http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O186706/dish-unknown/ Thanks to Pietro Amadini June2015 for noticing this.
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, painted,
Subjects:musical instrument bamboo symbol fruit garden pavilion
Dimensions:Diameter: 11.25 inches
Description:
Dish. Figures in pavilion and garden playing zither, with bamboo, plum and auspicious objects. Made of enamelled porcelain.
IMG
Comments:The scene is from the drama “The West Chamber” (Xi Xiang Ji): Zhang Sheng plays his zither (qin) at night, Yingying and Hongnian listen. (Part II), Act IV. See a dish with the same scene in the V&A Museum http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O186706/dish-unknown/ Thanks to Pietro Amadini June2015 for noticing this.
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