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

Dish

ca. 1900 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish of porcelain, painted in underglaze blue with a design composed of a fragment of bamboo fence, and two woven hedges, in the midst of which is a branch of flowering plum; below, a border of cash symbols, and round a toothed band.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in underglaze blue
Brief description
Dish, porcelain painted in underglaze blue; Japan, probably Hirado kilns, Meiji period, ca. 1900
Physical description
Dish of porcelain, painted in underglaze blue with a design composed of a fragment of bamboo fence, and two woven hedges, in the midst of which is a branch of flowering plum; below, a border of cash symbols, and round a toothed band.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 14.6cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
'fuku' in underglaze blue
Translation
happiness
Credit line
Presented by Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth Dingwall DSO with Art Fund support
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.323-1919

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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