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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 136, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Plate

1662-1722 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of porcelain, painted with overglaze enamels in the famille verte palette. The centre has a scene from a play with two men and a boy in a garden under a tall tree close to the door of a house; they appear to be engaged in altercation. The rim, has six panels reserved against a ground of cell-pattern.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels
Brief description
Plate, porcelain painted with overglaze enamels in the famille verte palette, China (Jingdezhen), Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722)
Physical description
Plate of porcelain, painted with overglaze enamels in the famille verte palette. The centre has a scene from a play with two men and a boy in a garden under a tall tree close to the door of a house; they appear to be engaged in altercation. The rim, has six panels reserved against a ground of cell-pattern.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 26.7cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
The emblem for a painting, in underglaze blue
Credit line
Given by Sydney Vacher
Production
Register
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.460-1918

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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