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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 145

Dish

1660-1680 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Chinese blue and white porcelain became immensely fashionable in 17th-century Holland as the Dutch East India Company, established in 1602, began to import this exotic product by the shipload.
The potters of Delft changed their style and the quality of their product in order to compete with Chinese porcelain. Decorations in Chinese style were applied in cobalt blue on the finest white tin-glaze ground.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in cobalt blue
Brief description
Dish, tin-glazed earthenware, painted in blue with Chinese figures, Netherlands, Delft, 1660-1680
Physical description
Large tin-glazed dish with decoration painted in blue of oriental figures in a landscape with two palm trees. Two unsuccessfully pierced suspension holes.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 40.4cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Stuart Gerald Davis
Summary
Chinese blue and white porcelain became immensely fashionable in 17th-century Holland as the Dutch East India Company, established in 1602, began to import this exotic product by the shipload.
The potters of Delft changed their style and the quality of their product in order to compete with Chinese porcelain. Decorations in Chinese style were applied in cobalt blue on the finest white tin-glaze ground.
Collection
Accession number
C.97-1951

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Record createdFebruary 23, 1998
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