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

Plate

mid 18th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of tin-glazed buff-coloured earthenware painted in colours in the Chinese style. Painted with sprays of flowers and with three conventional insects in red, blue, yellow and manganese-purple.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours
Brief description
Plate of tin-glazed buff-coloured earthenware painted in colours, Delft, 18th century.
Physical description
Plate of tin-glazed buff-coloured earthenware painted in colours in the Chinese style. Painted with sprays of flowers and with three conventional insects in red, blue, yellow and manganese-purple.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 22.5cm
measured feb 2010
Marks and inscriptions
'A' or "4" (painted in blue)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
4071-1901

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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