Not currently on display at the V&A

Dish

1723-1735 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish of porcelain, saucer-shaped. Painted in underglaze blue with a medallion containing a woman seated in a pavilion while a boy is playing on the terrace. A bird on a bamboo and a carp are also introduced. Under the rim, carp leaping among waves.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in underglaze blue
Brief description
Dish, porcelain painted in underglaze blue, China (Jingdezhen), Qing dynasty, Yongzheng period (with Xuande mark)
Physical description
Dish of porcelain, saucer-shaped. Painted in underglaze blue with a medallion containing a woman seated in a pavilion while a boy is playing on the terrace. A bird on a bamboo and a carp are also introduced. Under the rim, carp leaping among waves.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 20.3cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'da ming Xuande nian zhi' in a double circle
    Translation
    Made in the Xuande period of the great Ming dynasty
  • Transliteration
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Credit line
Given by Sydney Vacher
Production
Register
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.115-1923

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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