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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 136, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Dish

1800-1900 (made), 1723-35 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Large dish fluted in the lower side of the rim and moulded with a dragon amongst clouds inside a medallion in the centre, covered with a pale green 'celadon' glaze.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain with pale green 'celadon' glaze
Brief description
Porcelain dish with pale green 'celadon' glaze, Jingdezhen, China, Qing dynasty, Yongzheng (1723-35) or 19th century, Yongzheng mark
Physical description
Large dish fluted in the lower side of the rim and moulded with a dragon amongst clouds inside a medallion in the centre, covered with a pale green 'celadon' glaze.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 49.5cm
From register
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
(Six characters Yongzheng mark in underglaze blue on the base)
Translation
Made in the Yongzheng mark of the Great Qing dynasty
Credit line
Mrs Julia C. Gulland Gift
Object history
Given by Mrs. Julia C. Gulland, accessioned in 1907. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
cf example in Freer Gallery of Art, illustrated in Michel Beurdeley and Guy Raindre (ed.), Qing Porcelain, London, 1987, pl. 231, p. 167 cf example in The Tsui Museum of Art, Chinese Ceramics IV, Hong Kong, 1995, pl. 20.
Collection
Accession number
627-1907

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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