Dish
mid 18th century (made)
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Saucer-shaped dish, decorated with a boar hunt; a huntsman on the left is spearing the boar towards which other huntsmen are riding from the right; the background is of a forest.
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Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels and gilt |
Brief description | Dish, porcelain, showing a boar-hunt, painted in colours, Chinese, mid 18th century |
Physical description | Saucer-shaped dish, decorated with a boar hunt; a huntsman on the left is spearing the boar towards which other huntsmen are riding from the right; the background is of a forest. |
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Credit line | Bequeathed by W. G. Gulland |
Historical context | The design is after an engraving by the Italian painter Antonio Tempesta. |
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Bibliographic reference | Kerr, Rose and Luisa E. Mengoni Chinese Export Ceramics London: V&A Publishing, 2011, p.74, pl.99
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Accession number | C.224-1931 |
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Record created | February 25, 2003 |
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