Not currently on display at the V&A

Dish

1662-1722 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish of porcelain, deep well. Painted in underglaze cobalt blue and copper red with a group of mounted soldiers (carrying lance and banners), a lady holding a child and a boy; on the narrow flat rim, the Eight Buddhist Emblems in red in lobed panels reserved on a ground of swastika and other diapers. Underneath, sprays of bamboo.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue and copper red
Brief description
Dish, porcelain painted in underglaze blue and red, China (Jingdezhen), Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722)
Physical description
Dish of porcelain, deep well. Painted in underglaze cobalt blue and copper red with a group of mounted soldiers (carrying lance and banners), a lady holding a child and a boy; on the narrow flat rim, the Eight Buddhist Emblems in red in lobed panels reserved on a ground of swastika and other diapers. Underneath, sprays of bamboo.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 27.9cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
'quan yu ya wan' in blue
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr Andrew Burman
Production
Register
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.439-1926

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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