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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
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, slightly fluted with wavy edge. Painted in red, underglaze blue and gold with a man and woman driving with two attendants. On the rim, radial panels of flowers alternately growing in rocks and among vases, with an outer border of diaper in red and green.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in underglaze blue, overglaze red enamel and gilded
Brief description
Dish, porcelain painted in the style of Japanese (Imari) porcelain with underglaze blue, overglaze red enamel and gilded, China (Jingdezhen), Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722)
Physical description
Dish of porcelain, slightly fluted with wavy edge. Painted in red, underglaze blue and gold with a man and woman driving with two attendants. On the rim, radial panels of flowers alternately growing in rocks and among vases, with an outer border of diaper in red and green.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 38.1cm
Styles
Credit line
Given by Mr G. Abercromby
Production
Register
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.1310-1924

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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