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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 136, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Plate

1770-1775 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate, porcelain inscribed with two belts of Arabic inscription inside; ornamented externally with a broad band of deep blue on which are crosses or stars and crescents and medallions of Arabic inscription.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in coloured enamels and gilt
Brief description
Plate, porcelain painted in coloured enamels and gilt with Arabic inscription in concentric circles, China, Qing dynasty, mid 18th century
Physical description
Plate, porcelain inscribed with two belts of Arabic inscription inside; ornamented externally with a broad band of deep blue on which are crosses or stars and crescents and medallions of Arabic inscription.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 28.9cm
Style
Object history
Purchased from the Bandinel Collection, accessioned in 1853. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
Formerly Bandinel Collection.
Production
label
Collection
Accession number
2969-1853

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Record createdJanuary 12, 2009
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