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

Dish

1683-1722 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish of porcelain, incised in the middle and under the rim are dragons and clouds, on the rim various flowers. Over all this is painted with splashes of green, yellow, aubergine enamel glazes.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain with decoration incised and painted on the biscuit with white and coloured enamel glazes
Brief description
Dish, porcelain with decoration incised and painted on the biscuit with white and coloured enamel glazes, China (Jingdezhen), Qing dynasty, Kangxi mark and period, 1683-1722
Physical description
Dish of porcelain, incised in the middle and under the rim are dragons and clouds, on the rim various flowers. Over all this is painted with splashes of green, yellow, aubergine enamel glazes.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 32.4cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
'da qing Kangxi nian zhi' in a double circle, in underglaze blue
Translation
Made in the Kangxi period of the great Qing dynasty
Credit line
Salting Bequest
Object history
Bequeathed by Mr. George Salting, accessioned in 1910. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Kerr, Rose Chinese Ceramics, Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty 1644-1911, London: V&A, 1998, No. 83
Other number
Loan no. 850
Collection
Accession number
C.1048-1910

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Record createdJanuary 31, 2008
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