Dish

ca. 1760-1765 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Two Chinese figures, one holding a net over his shoulder standing in an oriental landscape with trees, flowers, houses and mountains in blue within a border of bianco-sopra-bianco flowers and leaves.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white, pooling on the back and much crazed.
Shape: Shape M with more rounded well and upturned flange. (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 figures in an oriental landscape
Physical description
Two Chinese figures, one holding a net over his shoulder standing in an oriental landscape with trees, flowers, houses and mountains in blue within a border of bianco-sopra-bianco flowers and leaves.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white, pooling on the back and much crazed.
Shape: Shape M with more rounded well and upturned flange. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 34.2cm
Credit line
Given by Mr René de l'Hôpital, Kensington
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
B91. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
C.110-1926

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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