Plate
ca. 1748 (made)
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The front is covered with powdered blue with the exception of five reserved panels with circular flower heads and leaves and flower sprays scratched through the powdered pigment and a centre scene of a Chinese figure with hillock, flowers, fence and flying insect in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white.
Shape: Shape M with press-moulded fluted border and scalloped rim. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white.
Shape: Shape M with press-moulded fluted border and scalloped rim. (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 in a landscape |
| Physical description | The front is covered with powdered blue with the exception of five reserved panels with circular flower heads and leaves and flower sprays scratched through the powdered pigment and a centre scene of a Chinese figure with hillock, flowers, fence and flying insect in blue. Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Bluish white. Shape: Shape M with press-moulded fluted border and scalloped rim. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997) |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Prof. F. H. Garner |
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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 | B64. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.72-1965 |
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| Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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