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

Dish

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

Dish of saucer-shape with rounded, rising sides and wedge-shaped footring. Porcelain painted in underglaze blue and enamels with dragon and phoenix design.


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 enamels with dragon and phoenix design; China (Jingdezhen), Qing dynasty, Kangxi mark and period (1662-1722)
Physical description
Dish of saucer-shape with rounded, rising sides and wedge-shaped footring. Porcelain painted in underglaze blue and enamels with dragon and phoenix design.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 32.7cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
'da qing Kangxi nian zhi' in underglaze blue
Translation
Made in the Kangxi period of the great Qing dynasty
Production
Register
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Ayers, John. Far Eastern Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1980, Monochrome Plate No. 192.
Collection
Accession number
C.99-1967

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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