Plate
ca. 1750 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Two Chinese figures standing in an oriental landscape with fence, house, trees and shrubs in blue. The back has three edge grasses on the flange also in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white, pooling at the rim and dribbling on the front and back.
Shape: Shape E. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white, pooling at the rim and dribbling on the front and back.
Shape: Shape E. (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 | Plate decorated with a depiction of chinese figures in an oriental landscape |
| Physical description | Two Chinese figures standing in an oriental landscape with fence, house, trees and shrubs in blue. The back has three edge grasses on the flange also in blue. Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Bluish white, pooling at the rim and dribbling on the front and back. Shape: Shape E. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997) |
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs C. Hemming |
| Object history | Given by Mrs C. Hemming, Headcorn, Kent, 1930. |
| Production | Bristol (Probably Temple Back, Thomas Cantle) |
| 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 | B215. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.338-1930 |
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| Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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