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

Dish

618-906 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish with low sides and everted rim, resting on three small feet. Pinkish-white earthenware decorated with a flower with outlines deeply incised and coloured with green, blue, yellow and neutral white glazes; the surrounding ground is glazed green and the feet are yellow. Three spur marks inside.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with incised decoration and coloured lead glazes
Brief description
Dish, earthenware with incised decoration and coloured lead glazes, China, Tang dynasty (618-906)
Physical description
Dish with low sides and everted rim, resting on three small feet. Pinkish-white earthenware decorated with a flower with outlines deeply incised and coloured with green, blue, yellow and neutral white glazes; the surrounding ground is glazed green and the feet are yellow. Three spur marks inside.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 17.8cm
Styles
Credit line
Purchased with Art Fund support, the Vallentin Bequest, Sir Percival David and the Universities China Committee
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.69-1935

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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