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Wall plaque nineteenth century
Cloisonné enamel on copper, wood | 175.0 x 97.0 x 5.0 cm (whole object) | RCIN 41534
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An upright, rectangular panel of dark rosewood wall plaque, within a frame carved with sections of geometric scrollwork and an inner border of key-fret. Fixed to it, in cloisonné enamel work on copper, a figure of the Daoist Immortal Magu standing with a crane at her side in a landscape. Her gilded hands with long fingernails projecting from a full-sleeved jacket, the left hand grasping a pole attached to a basket on her back containing three peaches. Her gilded face turned to the left; the black hair straight, with a baggy black cap behind; the full lips red, with a smiling expression. The jacket turquoise, with embroidered white hems, with a swirling red scarf round her shoulders and floor-length, pale blue under-robe, with a pointed, tasselled, black pendant bearing a shou (long life) character. The crane, standing on one leg to her right, white, with a black stripe down its neck, a green beak and red crest. The setting with patches of green ground to the left and right, with growing lingzhi and blue rocks, and in the sky above, two flying bats and fleeting coloured clouds.
Text adapted from Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen: Volume III.
Provenance
Queen Victoria, 5 August 1896. Presented by the Chinese Ambassador Li Hongzhang, Chinese Ambassador on behalf of the Emperor of China's mission.
Recorded in the Inventory of the Works of Art at Osborne up to 1900, I, p. 359, in the New Wing Corridor, as ‘Large enamelled Likeness of Ma Koo, a Fairy Lady, renowned for her benevolence and longevity. Whole length figure 3ft 10 inches [116.8 cm] high. Mounted on a panel and framed 5ft 8 ½ inches x 3ft 2 inches [174.0 × 96.5 cm]’; sent to Buckingham Palace in 1903. -
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Medium and techniques
Cloisonné enamel on copper, wood
Measurements
175.0 x 97.0 x 5.0 cm (whole object)
Place of Production
China