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

Dish

ca. 1740 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish of hard-paste porcelain. Moulded after a Japanese Arita model in leaf-shape, two-thirds of surface impressed in low relief with pattern of interlaced circles and crosses. Painted in Kakiemon colours with the 'flying squirrel' pattern. Brown edge.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels
Brief description
Dish, hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1740
Physical description
Dish of hard-paste porcelain. Moulded after a Japanese Arita model in leaf-shape, two-thirds of surface impressed in low relief with pattern of interlaced circles and crosses. Painted in Kakiemon colours with the 'flying squirrel' pattern. Brown edge.
Dimensions
  • Length: 26.7cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • Crossed swords with pommels (Factory mark, in blue)
  • '26' (Impressed)
  • '10' (Incised)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr Arthur Hurst
Production
Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.109-1940

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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