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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Dish

mid 18th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Porcelain dish, decorated in relief in white slip and painted in underglaze blue. At the centre, a flower in blue within two rows of chrysanthemum petals in slight relief. Beyond this is a wreath of flowers and foliage modelled in slip on a band painted with a ground of close dotted cell-pattern in blue. A formal blue border encircles the rim.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain decorated in relief in white slip and painted in underglaze blue
Brief description
Dish, porcelain decorated in relief in white slip and painted in underglaze blue, China, Qing dynasty, mid 18th century
Physical description
Porcelain dish, decorated in relief in white slip and painted in underglaze blue. At the centre, a flower in blue within two rows of chrysanthemum petals in slight relief. Beyond this is a wreath of flowers and foliage modelled in slip on a band painted with a ground of close dotted cell-pattern in blue. A formal blue border encircles the rim.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 13.3cm
Styles
Credit line
Given by Mr Roland H. Ley
Production
Register
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.246-1913

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Record createdDecember 23, 2008
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