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

Dish

1720-1740 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish with brown edge; around the edge of the rim is a narrow border of cell-diaper; round the centre is another border of cell-diaper broken by four formal flowers. In the centre a pine tree with a crane perched in its branches; at the foot of the tree are rocks with bamboo growing among them; on the right a large bowl containing flowering peonies.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue
Brief description
Dish, porcelain painted in underglaze blue with a pine tree and cell-diaper decoration; China (Jingdezhen), Qing dynasty
Physical description
Dish with brown edge; around the edge of the rim is a narrow border of cell-diaper; round the centre is another border of cell-diaper broken by four formal flowers. In the centre a pine tree with a crane perched in its branches; at the foot of the tree are rocks with bamboo growing among them; on the right a large bowl containing flowering peonies.
Dimensions
  • Height: 2.54cm
  • Diameter: 35.56cm
Styles
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr W. G. Gulland
Object history
Previously on long term loan to William Wilberforce Museum (Town Docks Museum), Hull, from 1983.
Production
label
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.596-1931

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Record createdMarch 12, 2003
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