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

Dish

1573-1620 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish, porcelain painted in underglaze blue with a qilin and two tigers in a landscape.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in underglaze blue
Brief description
Dish, porcelain painted in underglaze blue with figures, China, Ming dynasty
Physical description
Dish, porcelain painted in underglaze blue with a qilin and two tigers in a landscape.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 11.4cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
'da ming wanli nian zhi' on base
Credit line
Given by Mrs Field Gibson
Object history
Given by Mrs. Field Gibson, accessioned in 1869. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
Production
label
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
1764A-1869

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Record createdJanuary 15, 2009
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