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

Dish

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

Dish of hard-paste porcelain. Moulded in low relief after a Japanese Arita model with fans and folded papers. Painted in enamel colours and gold in Kakiemon style with flowers and banded hedges.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, moulded in low relief, painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Dish, hard-paste porcelain, moulded in low relief, painted in enamels and gilt, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1730
Physical description
Dish of hard-paste porcelain. Moulded in low relief after a Japanese Arita model with fans and folded papers. Painted in enamel colours and gold in Kakiemon style with flowers and banded hedges.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 15.7cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • Crossed swords with pommels and curved guards (Factory mark, in underglaze blue)
  • 'N=377 / W' (Dresden inventory mark, engraved and coloured black)
  • A line (Incised)
Object history
From E. J. Stanley Collection (sold Christie's, 31 Jan. 1908, lot 48). Formerly in the Royal Saxon Collection, Dresden.
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
28-1908

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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