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

Dish

1573-1620 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish of porcelain, saucer-shaped. Painted in underglaze blue and in red, green and brownish-purple enamels. In the middle, within a medallion, are two pheasants and two small birds amongst rocks form which grows a peach-tree bearing fruit. On the under side of the rim, three dragons with sacred fungus on scrolled stems issuing from their mouths, in blue.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in underglaze blue and overglaze enamels
Brief description
Dish, porcelain painted in underglaze blue and overglaze enamels, China (Jingdezhen), Ming dynasty, Wanli mark and period (1573-1620)
Physical description
Dish of porcelain, saucer-shaped. Painted in underglaze blue and in red, green and brownish-purple enamels. In the middle, within a medallion, are two pheasants and two small birds amongst rocks form which grows a peach-tree bearing fruit. On the under side of the rim, three dragons with sacred fungus on scrolled stems issuing from their mouths, in blue.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 16.2cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
'da ming Wanli nian zhi' in a double circle, in underglaze blue
Translation
Made in the Wanli period of the great Ming dynasty
Credit line
Given from the Bloxam Collection
Production
label
Subjects depicted
Other number
Loan no. 155
Collection
Accession number
C.138-1928

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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