Plate

ca. 1680-1700 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A Chinese figure seated in a grassy oriental landscape with two similar figures on the border in yellow and manganese-purple.
Body colour: Reddish buff.
Glaze: Bluish white.
Shape: Shape G but with flat underside. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
Brief description
Chinese figure seated in an oriental landscape
Physical description
A Chinese figure seated in a grassy oriental landscape with two similar figures on the border in yellow and manganese-purple.
Body colour: Reddish buff.
Glaze: Bluish white.
Shape: Shape G but with flat underside. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 22.3cm
Object history
Mr A Ray. Purchased from Mr D.M. Archer, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1972.
Production
London or Brislington or Bristol
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Archer, Michael. Delftware: the tin-glazed earthenware of the British Isles. A catalogue of the collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: HMSO, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1997. ISBN 0 11 290499 8
Other number
B193. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
C.1-1972

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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