Dish
1700-1710 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Object Type
The design of a dragon among clouds is conceived so that the dragon's flight continues over the rim of the dish. On the base is a lucky emblem. This was a common device added by potters who didn't know how to write properly. The dish is of a type that was widely exported in a range of qualities to other Asian countries and to Europe.
Time
This dish was made during the reign of the Kangxi Emperor (1662-1722). The pattern recurs on later export wares, including examples salvaged from shipwrecks of mid-18th-century date. It was also copied at several English potteries.
Materials & Making
This dish was made from hard-paste porcelain at one of the kilns in the huge porcelain manufacturing centre of Jingdezhen in Jiangxi Province in central southern China. Decoration in cobalt blue painted under the glaze was a technique commonly used at Jingdezhen from the 14th century onwards. It was a relatively easy way of decorating porcelain and was cheaper than using coloured enamels over the glaze.
The design of a dragon among clouds is conceived so that the dragon's flight continues over the rim of the dish. On the base is a lucky emblem. This was a common device added by potters who didn't know how to write properly. The dish is of a type that was widely exported in a range of qualities to other Asian countries and to Europe.
Time
This dish was made during the reign of the Kangxi Emperor (1662-1722). The pattern recurs on later export wares, including examples salvaged from shipwrecks of mid-18th-century date. It was also copied at several English potteries.
Materials & Making
This dish was made from hard-paste porcelain at one of the kilns in the huge porcelain manufacturing centre of Jingdezhen in Jiangxi Province in central southern China. Decoration in cobalt blue painted under the glaze was a technique commonly used at Jingdezhen from the 14th century onwards. It was a relatively easy way of decorating porcelain and was cheaper than using coloured enamels over the glaze.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Porcelain, with cobalt blue underglaze |
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| Style | |
| Marks and inscriptions | Mark of a lucky emblem on the back |
| Gallery label | British Galleries:
CHINESE PORCELAIN and its imitations English factories copied a vast number of designs from Chinese imports. The design on this Bow mug was probably taken from a Chinese dish similar to the one displayed here. Factories also copied the designs of their English rivals. The design on the Lowestoft jug may have been based on an English copy of a Chinese design.(27/03/2003) |
| Credit line | Orchardson Gift |
| Object history | Made at the Jingdezhen kilns in Jiangxi Province, China |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | Object Type The design of a dragon among clouds is conceived so that the dragon's flight continues over the rim of the dish. On the base is a lucky emblem. This was a common device added by potters who didn't know how to write properly. The dish is of a type that was widely exported in a range of qualities to other Asian countries and to Europe. Time This dish was made during the reign of the Kangxi Emperor (1662-1722). The pattern recurs on later export wares, including examples salvaged from shipwrecks of mid-18th-century date. It was also copied at several English potteries. Materials & Making This dish was made from hard-paste porcelain at one of the kilns in the huge porcelain manufacturing centre of Jingdezhen in Jiangxi Province in central southern China. Decoration in cobalt blue painted under the glaze was a technique commonly used at Jingdezhen from the 14th century onwards. It was a relatively easy way of decorating porcelain and was cheaper than using coloured enamels over the glaze. |
| Bibliographic reference | Young, Hilary. English Porcelain, 1745-95. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1999. 229p., ill. ISBN 1851772820. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.325-1916 |
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| Record created | December 2, 2002 |
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