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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Dish

1615-1868 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish, octagonal, porcelain painted in underglaze blue.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in underglaze blue
Brief description
Dish, octagonal, porcelain painted in underglaze blue; Chinese influence; Arita kilns, Japan, Edo period
Physical description
Dish, octagonal, porcelain painted in underglaze blue.
Dimensions
  • Height: 4.3cm
  • Diameter: 15.0cm
Dimensions taken directly from object
Styles
Credit line
Given by Miss Irene Finch, IF collection no. 01/4
Object history
Irene Finch note, 2009: 01/4 FE.63-2006
Octagonal dish in late 18th C dark blue ground style. Meisande grid. Central picture has 8 starlike projections and uses a curious white Chinese shaped motif (as LC 132) surrounded by
flowers. Border has 4 reserves with white symbols, 4 with curious pictures reminiscent of bits of Kraak designs.
Collection
Accession number
FE.63-2006

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Record createdMay 22, 2009
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