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Wucai dish with song birdsMing dynasty
Wucai dish with song birdsMing dynasty
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Wucai dish with song birdsMing dynasty, Wanli mark and period (1573-1620)
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Wucai dish with song birdsMing dynasty
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BATEA : 887
Simple name
dish
Classified name
ceramic; porcelain; dish; wucai; Wanli; bird; swallow; floral; animal; dragon; Ming; imperial; period mark; China; kui; lingzhi; peach; peony; tree; rock;
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reverse view
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A large wucai shallow dish with everted rim decorated in the centre with a pair of red-breasted birds with long plummage. One of the birds is perched on a rock, the other is in flight amidst a fruiting peach tree and flowering peony plant. There are two smaller chattering song birds beneath a double line border. The exterior has a wide scrolling band of underglaze blue kui dragons and lingzhi. The base has a six-character underglaze blue Wanli mark and the piece is of the period.
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porcelain
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hairline crack
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white
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wucai polychrome
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23.4 cm
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Gallery 1, G9
Production date
1573=1620 Wanli
Production period
Ming
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China
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