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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 stoneware, covered with a celadon-green glaze. Saucer-shaped with wavy edge. Decorated in the middle with an inscription in Tibetan set in a checkered ground moulded in low relief, surrounded by a wide border of formal scrolling foliage incised.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware with incised and moulded decoration under celadon glaze
Brief description
Longquan ware. Dish, stoneware with incised and moulded decoration, and a central inscription in Tibetan, China (Zhejiang province), Yuan dynasty, 14th century
Physical description
Dish of stoneware, covered with a celadon-green glaze. Saucer-shaped with wavy edge. Decorated in the middle with an inscription in Tibetan set in a checkered ground moulded in low relief, surrounded by a wide border of formal scrolling foliage incised.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 27cm
Styles
Credit line
Given by Mr G. Abercrombie
Production
Label
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.89-1933

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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