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

Dish

14th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish of porcellaneous stoneware, with olive-green celadon glaze. Narrow rim with upturned edge; moulded inside with lotus design in relief at the centre, the well fluted; recessed base. The body greyish-white, burnt rust red where exposed inside the base.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware with moulded decoration under celadon glaze
Brief description
Longquan ware. Dish, stoneware with moulded decoration under celadon glaze; China (Zhejiang province), Yuan dynasty, 14th century
Physical description
Dish of porcellaneous stoneware, with olive-green celadon glaze. Narrow rim with upturned edge; moulded inside with lotus design in relief at the centre, the well fluted; recessed base. The body greyish-white, burnt rust red where exposed inside the base.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 34cm
Styles
Credit line
Bequeathed by F. E. Colthurst
Production
Label
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.31-1946

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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