Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Saucer

ca. 1730 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cinque-lobed saucer of porcelain, painted in Kakiemon style on a white ground with the ‘Double Quail’ pattern of two birds flanked by flowering plants, and with a brown-edged rim.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain, painted in Kakiemon style on a white ground
Brief description
Cinque-lobed saucer of porcelain, painted in Kakiemon style on a white ground, Meissen porcelain factory, Meissen, ca. 1730.
Physical description
Cinque-lobed saucer of porcelain, painted in Kakiemon style on a white ground with the ‘Double Quail’ pattern of two birds flanked by flowering plants, and with a brown-edged rim.
Dimensions
  • Approx. diameter: 13.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
Crossed swords (In underglaze-blue)
Credit line
From the Arthur and Hilde Weiner Collection. Accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to the V&A, 2006
Object history
Formerly in the Arthur and Hilde Weiner Collection.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.46-2006

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Record createdApril 22, 2009
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