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Basin

Basin
1671

Medium
porcelain

Measurements
8.2 × 36.5 cm diameter

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1947

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Jiangxi province, south-east China, China

Inscription
painted in blue on base c.: 康煕 / 辛亥 / 中和 / 堂製 (in a double circle)

Accession Number
617-D4

Department
Asian Art

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Physical description
Deep dish with everted rim; woman in Ming costume seated in curtained interior with vase of blossom; band of camelia, lotus' magnolia with insects; rim band of bamboo alternating with chrysanthemum. With decorations in underglaze blue and underglaze red.