Plate
ca. 1740-1750 (made)
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| Place of origin |
A Chinese figure holding a fan seated under a bamboo tree with alternating panels of diaper decoration and bamboo foliage on the flange in the manganese-purple, green and yellow.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greenish white, pooling thickly on the back.
Shape: Shape M. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greenish white, pooling thickly on the back.
Shape: Shape M. (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 in colours |
| Brief description | Chinese figure and tree |
| Physical description | A Chinese figure holding a fan seated under a bamboo tree with alternating panels of diaper decoration and bamboo foliage on the flange in the manganese-purple, green and yellow. Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Greenish white, pooling thickly on the back. Shape: Shape M. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997) |
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| Credit line | Arthur Hurst Bequest |
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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 | B208. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.92-1940 |
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| Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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