Dish
ca. 1776 (made)
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A Chinese figure seated in an oriental landscape within two bands of geometric decoration in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greeny bluish, lumpy and pooling on the back. On one place on the edge and on part of the well the glaze has crawled. A chip on the rim seems to show a pale slip has been used under the glaze. Two peg-marks on the rim and a chip where another might have been.
Shape: Shape N with rounder well and flatter flange. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greeny bluish, lumpy and pooling on the back. On one place on the edge and on part of the well the glaze has crawled. A chip on the rim seems to show a pale slip has been used under the glaze. Two peg-marks on the rim and a chip where another might have been.
Shape: Shape N with rounder well and flatter flange. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Object details
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| 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 an oriental landscape within two bands of geometric decoration in blue. Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Greeny bluish, lumpy and pooling on the back. On one place on the edge and on part of the well the glaze has crawled. A chip on the rim seems to show a pale slip has been used under the glaze. Two peg-marks on the rim and a chip where another might have been. Shape: Shape N with rounder well and flatter flange. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997) |
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs C. Hemming |
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| 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 | B269. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.336-1930 |
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| Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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