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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

1644-1911 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of porcelain, painted in overglaze enamels of the famille verte palette with two birds on a flowering prunus tree.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels
Brief description
Plate, porcelain painted in overglaze enamels of the famille verte palette, China (Jingdezhen), Qing dynasty
Physical description
Plate of porcelain, painted in overglaze enamels of the famille verte palette with two birds on a flowering prunus tree.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 24.1cm
Styles
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr W. G. Gulland
Production
Acquired as French, dated to about 1870.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.358-1931

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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