Dish with dragons under a cobalt-blue glaze

Details

• Title

  Dish with dragons under a cobalt-blue glaze

• Associated people

  Kangxi, Emperor of China (ruled 1661 - 1722) (commissioner)

• Associated place

  Asia › China › Jiangxi province › Jingdezhen › Jingdezhen kilns (place of creation)

• Date

  Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period (1661 - 1722)

• Material and technique

  porcelain, with incised decoration under a cobalt-blue glaze

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › porcelain

• Technique index

  marked › incised;

  glazed

• Object type

  container › vessel › dish

• Dimensions

  4.2 cm (height)
  25.1 cm (diameter)
  at foot 16 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Bequeathed by Gaspard Farrer through The Art Fund, 1946.

• Museum location

  Second floor | Gallery 38 | China from AD 800

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EAX.1507

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