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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Dish

ca. 1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded after the Japanese Kakiemon pattern. In the form of a shell with a scalloped edge on a rock-like base with moulded shells, coral and seaweed. The inside is painted in red, lilac, green and gold with two quails and flowering plants. Border in red and gold. The base is painted in red, green, yellow and black.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels, moulded and gilded
Brief description
Dish of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, with the 'partridge pattern', Bow Porcelain Factory, Bow, ca. 1760.
Physical description
Dish of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded after the Japanese Kakiemon pattern. In the form of a shell with a scalloped edge on a rock-like base with moulded shells, coral and seaweed. The inside is painted in red, lilac, green and gold with two quails and flowering plants. Border in red and gold. The base is painted in red, green, yellow and black.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 16.5cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'D' (In red)
Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.1002-1924

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Record createdJuly 9, 2009
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