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

Dish

ca. 1750 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Seated and standing Chinese figures with fence, rocks, trees and shrubs in red, yellow, green, blue and manganese-purple. The back has Y within the foot-rim and four floral sprays on the well and flange in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Pinkish white pooling on the back.
Shape: Shape D. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours
Brief description
Dish decorated with a depiction of chinese figures in an oriental landscape
Physical description
Seated and standing Chinese figures with fence, rocks, trees and shrubs in red, yellow, green, blue and manganese-purple. The back has Y within the foot-rim and four floral sprays on the well and flange in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Pinkish white pooling on the back.
Shape: Shape D. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 33.7cm
Diameter: D. 33.7 cms (13 1/4 ins)
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed: 'Y' within the foot-rim (Back)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Miss Helena Hill
Object history
Bequeathed by Miss Helena Hill, London, 1944.
Production
Bristol (probably Temple Back, Thomas Cantle)
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
B217. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
C.17-1944

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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