Title

Doucai saucer with fruiting peach, late Kangxi period (1700-1722). Artist: Unknown.

Caption

saucer dish with flat bottom and angled flaring sides. The central medallion has a fruiting peach tree. The medallion and rim both have double underglaze blue lined borders, the reverse has similar borders and two peach trees. The base has a six-character underglaze blue mark of Chenghua (1465-1487), written in late Kangxi style.
Bath (England), The Museum of East Asian Art

Date

1700

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B81_359

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

30,8Mb (679,5Kb) / 13,4in x 8,9in / 4016 x 2677 (300dpi)

Keywords

nature tree fruit plant country China Chinese saucer color colour mark location century pottery dynasty peach handling qing dynasty stoneware polychrome 18th century Eighteenth Century Museum of East Asian Art Chenghua doucai ware Kangxi period Unknown ceramic Smith Quing Dynasty Dr Sydney Smith Dr Sydney Dr Sydney Smith ceramic ceramic