Dish
ca. 1775 (made)
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| Place of origin |
With foliated rim and impressed moulded ribs; painted with a crown and monogram (probably PFV), a vase and two soldiers, surrounded in a border with a garbled motto; round the rim swagged curtains; from a Portuguese service called 'os meninos de Palhava'. With the inscription sete barro he outro ounicornio.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted in overglaze blue, black and red enamels |
| Brief description | Dish, porcelain painted with a crown, a monogram and two soldiers, Chinese, ca. 1775 |
| Physical description | With foliated rim and impressed moulded ribs; painted with a crown and monogram (probably PFV), a vase and two soldiers, surrounded in a border with a garbled motto; round the rim swagged curtains; from a Portuguese service called 'os meninos de Palhava'. With the inscription sete barro he outro ounicornio. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | sete barro he outro ounicornio (Inscription; decoration)
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| Credit line | Basil Ionides Bequest |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.62-1951 |
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| Record created | March 3, 2003 |
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