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

Plate

ca. 1795 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Porcelain plate, painted with sprigs of flowers in concentric bands with blue border and centre; on the latter is a gilt Arabic inscription.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain with painted decoration
Brief description
Plate, porcelain with painted decoration and an Arabic inscription, China, Qing dynasty
Physical description
Porcelain plate, painted with sprigs of flowers in concentric bands with blue border and centre; on the latter is a gilt Arabic inscription.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 34cm
Style
Object history
Purchased from the Tayler Collection, accessioned in 1874. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
Found in the palace of the King of Oudh. Bought from Taylør Collection.
Production
label
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Phillips, John Goldsmith. China-trade porcelain Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1956, plate 106.
Collection
Accession number
909-1874

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Record createdJanuary 16, 2009
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