Not currently on display at the V&A

Dish

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

Dish of porcelain, decorated in famille verte style with coloured enamels. Saucer-shaped. Painted in the middle with flowers in a fantastic lobed vase, the body of which is painted with prunus blossoms on a green cracked-ice ground, the foot and neck, with plantain leaves in blue and green. Border of red flowers on a ground of hexagonal and swastika diaper in red and green with butterflies in reserved panels. Outside, three floral sprays in red.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels
Brief description
Dish, porcelain painted in famille verte style with coloured enamels, China (Jingdezhen), Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722)
Physical description
Dish of porcelain, decorated in famille verte style with coloured enamels. Saucer-shaped. Painted in the middle with flowers in a fantastic lobed vase, the body of which is painted with prunus blossoms on a green cracked-ice ground, the foot and neck, with plantain leaves in blue and green. Border of red flowers on a ground of hexagonal and swastika diaper in red and green with butterflies in reserved panels. Outside, three floral sprays in red.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 20.6cm
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Credit line
W. W. Aston Bequest
Production
Register
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.1059-1917

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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