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

Dish

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

Dish of enamelled earthenware painted in underglaze blue and in red and gold lacquer. In the middle is a landscape with rocks and islands. Round the rim is a border of Chinese flowers and foliage arranges in five compartments.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware painted in underglaze blue and in red and gold lacquer
Brief description
Dish of buff coloured earthenware covered with a tin glaze painted in underglaze blue and gold. German, Ansbach, about 1740.
Physical description
Dish of enamelled earthenware painted in underglaze blue and in red and gold lacquer. In the middle is a landscape with rocks and islands. Round the rim is a border of Chinese flowers and foliage arranges in five compartments.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 38.1cm
Credit line
Given by Brig.-Gen. Sir Gilbert Mellor, KBE
Object history
Given by Brig.-Gen. Sir Gilbert Mellor.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Stohr, Deutsch Fayencen
Collection
Accession number
C.94-1924

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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