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

Dish

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

Dish with rounded, spreading sides and straight footring. Porcelain, covered with a yellow glaze of deep lemon tint which on the outside covers a band of incised floral scrollwork. The six-character mark of Yongzheng is written on the base within a double ring in underglaze blue.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain with incised decoration under yellow glaze
Brief description
Dish, porcelain with incised decoration under yellow glaze; China (Jingdezhen), Qing dynasty, Yongzheng mark and period (1723-1735)
Physical description
Dish with rounded, spreading sides and straight footring. Porcelain, covered with a yellow glaze of deep lemon tint which on the outside covers a band of incised floral scrollwork. The six-character mark of Yongzheng is written on the base within a double ring in underglaze blue.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 14.6cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
'da qing Yongzheng nian zhi' in a double ring, in underglaze blue
Translation
Made in the Yongzheng period of the great Qing dynasty
Credit line
Bequeathed by J. G. Maxwell Brownjohn
Production
label
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.55-1965

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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