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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Saucer

ca. 1764-1767 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Saucer of soft-paste porcelain painted in colours in the Kakiemon style. Octagonal in shape and the rim is divided into eight fan-shaped panels. Four of these have the Japanese chrysanthemum in the centre and a quarter of the same in each corner, all in white against a red ground. The four other panels, which alternate with them, are decorated, two with growing flowers and the other two with bunches of blossoming prunus. Within this row of panels is a narrow band containing a floral wreath in white against a red ground. In the centre is a chrysanthemum outlined in red on a white ground with four small green sprays around it.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted in colours
Brief description
Saucer of soft-paste porcelain painted in colours, West Pans factory, West Pans, ca. 1764-1767
Physical description
Saucer of soft-paste porcelain painted in colours in the Kakiemon style. Octagonal in shape and the rim is divided into eight fan-shaped panels. Four of these have the Japanese chrysanthemum in the centre and a quarter of the same in each corner, all in white against a red ground. The four other panels, which alternate with them, are decorated, two with growing flowers and the other two with bunches of blossoming prunus. Within this row of panels is a narrow band containing a floral wreath in white against a red ground. In the centre is a chrysanthemum outlined in red on a white ground with four small green sprays around it.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 13.7cm
Credit line
Given by Mr O. Glendinning
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.392-1926

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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