Dish
ca. 1750 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Seated and standing Chinese figures with fence, rocks, trees and shrubs in red, yellow, green, blue and manganese-purple. The back has Y within the foot-rim and four floral sprays on the well and flange in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Pinkish white pooling on the back.
Shape: Shape D. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Pinkish white pooling on the back.
Shape: Shape D. (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 | Dish decorated with a depiction of chinese figures in an oriental landscape |
| Physical description | Seated and standing Chinese figures with fence, rocks, trees and shrubs in red, yellow, green, blue and manganese-purple. The back has Y within the foot-rim and four floral sprays on the well and flange in blue. Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Pinkish white pooling on the back. Shape: Shape D. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997) |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed: 'Y' within the foot-rim (Back) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Miss Helena Hill |
| Object history | Bequeathed by Miss Helena Hill, London, 1944. |
| 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 | B217. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.17-1944 |
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| Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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