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

Plate

ca. 1735-1740 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Chinese Armorial porcelain plate, decorated in the centre with the Arms of Adriaan Valckenier (Governor General of the Dutch East Indies 1737-1740); gilt floral border. Rim decorated with three landscapes en grisaille and a falcon on a branch all between floral sprays in gilt with blue and red enamel colours.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels and gilt
Brief description
Chinese Armorial porcelain plate, decorated with the Arms of Adriaan Valckenier, Governor General of the Dutch East Indies 1737-1740; China (Jingdezhen), Qing dynasty, c.1735-40
Physical description
Chinese Armorial porcelain plate, decorated in the centre with the Arms of Adriaan Valckenier (Governor General of the Dutch East Indies 1737-1740); gilt floral border. Rim decorated with three landscapes en grisaille and a falcon on a branch all between floral sprays in gilt with blue and red enamel colours.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 22.9cm
Styles
Credit line
Basil Ionides Bequest
Production
Inventory
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Kerr, Rose and Luisa E. Mengoni Chinese Export Ceramics London: V&A Publishing, 2011, p.13, pl.5
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.154-1963

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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