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

Dish

1780-1825 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fritware dish of shallow form, painted in polychrome enamels after contemporary Chinese orginals in the neo-classical taste, the border of interlaced foliate and feather scrolls alternating pink fishscale grounds, enclosing a bold flower spray.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Fritware painted in polychrome enamels
Brief description
Dish, after a Chinese original in the neoclassical style, fritware painted in polychrome enamels, Qajar, Iran, ca. 1780-1825.
Physical description
Fritware dish of shallow form, painted in polychrome enamels after contemporary Chinese orginals in the neo-classical taste, the border of interlaced foliate and feather scrolls alternating pink fishscale grounds, enclosing a bold flower spray.
Style
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
HMC.339

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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