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

Dish

1522-1566 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish of porcelain, decorated with scrolls and figures of grotesque animals in green on a red ground.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in enamel colours
Brief description
Dish, porcelain painted in enamel colours; China (Jingdezhen), Ming dynasty, Jiajing period (1522-1566)
Physical description
Dish of porcelain, decorated with scrolls and figures of grotesque animals in green on a red ground.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 15.2cm
Styles
Object history
Acquisition method and source not identified in the Asia Department registers, accessioned in 1910. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
Production
Register
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.372-1910

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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