Details

Object type

plate

Place Associated

China, Jingdezhen (place of manufacture)

Date

Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period, 1662-1722

Materials

Porcelain with underglaze blue decoration

Dimensions

overall: 29 mm x 212 mm x 212 mm 250 g

Description

This plate depicts an episode from a Chinese play 'The Romance of the Western Chamber' written by Wang Shifu (about 1250-1300). Here Zhang Sheng accompanied by Dharma Wit, a disciple of the abbot, has seen Yingying in the Monastery garden for the first time. Zhang Sheng has expressed a wish to look around the Monastery but as he and the monk are about to enter the Hall of the Buddha, he can gaze at Yingying. The style of decoration in underglaze blue was extremely popular in Europe.

Credit Line/Donor

Gifted by Sir William and Lady Burrell to the City of Glasgow, 1944

Collection

Burrell Collection: Chinese Pottery [Stoneware, Porcelain]

ID Number

38.1174

Location

Burrell Collection

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