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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

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ca. 1755 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Soup plate of porcelain painted with underglaze blue, and painted in the middle with two mythical Chinese birds in a rocky landscape with trees, and the rim has a border of diaper ornament interrupted by five panels enclosing flowers, and the edge is lobed.

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Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with underglaze blue
Brief description
Soup plate of porcelain painted with underglaze blue, and painted in the middle with two mythical Chinese birds in a rocky landscape, and the edge is lobed, made by Chelsea Porcelain factory, London, ca. 1755.
Physical description
Soup plate of porcelain painted with underglaze blue, and painted in the middle with two mythical Chinese birds in a rocky landscape with trees, and the rim has a border of diaper ornament interrupted by five panels enclosing flowers, and the edge is lobed.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 22.9cm
  • Height: 3.4cm
  • Diameter: 22.8cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
An anchor (In blue, under the glaze)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Formerly in the Bandinel Collection
Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Brookes, London, for £1 in April 1868
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Watney, B. English Blue and White Porcelain of the Eighteenth Century. London: Faber & Faber, 2nd ed. 1973.
Other number
Sch. I 128 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:349-1885

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Record createdDecember 12, 2008
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