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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. 1700 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish of porcelain. Fluted rim with scalloped edge. Painted with a red tiger and a branch of bamboo.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels and gilt
Brief description
Dish, porcelain painted in overglaze enamels and gilt; Japan, Arita kilns (Kakiemon type), Edo period, ca. 1700
Physical description
Dish of porcelain. Fluted rim with scalloped edge. Painted with a red tiger and a branch of bamboo.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 14cm
Styles
Gallery label
Dish in chrysanthemum form Porcelain decorated in enamels and gilt with tiger and bamboo Arita ware, Kakiemon style JAPANESE; circa 1700 25-1908(as at 2005)
Object history
Purchased from Christie's, accessioned in 1908. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
25-1908

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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