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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Jingdezhen
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Jiangxi Province
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China
- Period
- Kangxi 1662 - 1722 → Qing dynasty 1644 - 1911 → China
- Date
- 1662-1722
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- porcelain with 'famille verte' decoration
- Dimensions
- 5.5 x 28.6 cm diam.
- Credit
- Purchased 1971
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 141.1971
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Jingdezhen ware
Works in the collection
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About
The delicately painted peach, a symbol of longevity, floats against a fine white porcelain ground. The peach is inscribed with the gold seal characters 'wan shou' (a myriad longevities), an imperial birthday greeting. A similar birthday dish is in the Percival David collection in London.
The Asian Collections, AGNSW, 2003, pg.124.
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Places
Where the work was made
Jingdezhen
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Conversations through the Asian collections, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 25 Oct 2014–13 Mar 2016
Auspicious: Motifs in Chinese art, Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney, Sydney, 16 Nov 2020–15 May 2022
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Bibliography
Referenced in 2 publications
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Jackie Menzies (Editor), The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales, 'The Marvel of Porcelain', Sydney, 2003, 124 (colour illus.).
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Jackie Menzies, Look, 'Porcelain power', pg. 30-31, Sydney, Feb 2009, 31 (colour illus.).
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