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

Plate

Plate
1730-1740 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of 'eggshell' porcelain, saucer-shaped, painted in overglaze enamels in the famille rose palette with a quail among reeds and flowering branches; on the underside of the rim are sprays of flowers.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitlePlate (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels
Brief description
Plate, porcelain painted in overglaze enamels in the famille rose palette with design of quail, China, Qing dynasty
Physical description
Plate of 'eggshell' porcelain, saucer-shaped, painted in overglaze enamels in the famille rose palette with a quail among reeds and flowering branches; on the underside of the rim are sprays of flowers.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 20.3cm
Styles
Credit line
Bequeathed by W. H. Cope, Esq.
Object history
Bequeathed by Mr. W. H. Cope, accessioned in 1903. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
Production
from label
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Ayers, John Oriental art in the Victoria and Albert Museum London: Philip Wilson and Summerfield Press, 1983, p.38
  • Ayers, John. Far Eastern Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1980, Colour Plate No. 64
Collection
Accession number
646-1903

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Record createdJanuary 30, 2009
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