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

Dish

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

Dish of porcelain, with wavy edge. Painted with overglaze enamels in the famille verte palette and gilded. In the middle, a pavilion, in which a lady and her attendants welcome a male guest. Border of various diapers with six reserved panels, each containing a landscape.


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 gilded, China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722)
Physical description
Dish of porcelain, with wavy edge. Painted with overglaze enamels in the famille verte palette and gilded. In the middle, a pavilion, in which a lady and her attendants welcome a male guest. Border of various diapers with six reserved panels, each containing a landscape.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 38.1cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
The emblem for a painting, in a double circle, in underglaze blue
Credit line
Salting Bequest
Object history
Bequeathed by Mr. George Salting, accessioned in 1910. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
Production
Register
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Ayers, John. Far Eastern Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1980, Monochrome Plate No. 189.
Other number
Loan No. 1868
Collection
Accession number
C.1165-1910

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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