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

Dish

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

Dish of porcelain, painted with overglaze enamels in the famille verte palette and slightly gilded. The decoration consisting of a seated lady holding a ruyi sceptre, and a boy holding a flower, beside a table, surrounded by rocks and growing plants and trees.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels and gilded
Brief description
Dish, porcelain painted with overglaze enamels in the famille verte palette and slightly gilded, China (Jingdezhen), Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722)
Physical description
Dish of porcelain, painted with overglaze enamels in the famille verte palette and slightly gilded. The decoration consisting of a seated lady holding a ruyi sceptre, and a boy holding a flower, beside a table, surrounded by rocks and growing plants and trees.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 27cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
'wen xian tang jing tao ji' in a double circle in blue
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr Andrew Burman
Production
Register
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.422-1926

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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