Plate

ca. 1740-1750 (made)
Artist/Maker
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 blue, manganese-purple, green and yellow.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greeny bluish, thick and lumpy.
Shape: Shape M. (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
Plate depicting a 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 blue, manganese-purple, green and yellow.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greeny bluish, thick and lumpy.
Shape: Shape M. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 23cm
Diameter: D. 23 cms (9 1/16 ins)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr Arthur Hurst
Production
Bristol (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
B207. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
C.93-1940

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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