Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Plate

ca. 1765 - 1775 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Chinese pavilions and trees with 'cracked ice' in blue and manganese-purple.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white.
Shape: Shape M. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
Brief description
Chinese pavilions, trees and 'cracked ice'
Physical description
Chinese pavilions and trees with 'cracked ice' in blue and manganese-purple.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white.
Shape: Shape M. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 22.9cm
Object history
Purchased from Mr A.F. Allbrook, Kensington, 1964.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Archer, Michael. Delftware: the tin-glazed earthenware of the British Isles. A catalogue of the collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: HMSO, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1997. ISBN 0 11 290499 8
Other number
B263. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.175-1964

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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