Dish

ca. 1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Decorated in imitation of Japanese Imari porcelain. Of four-lobed oval from on a high foot and decorated inside with dragons and flowers. On the lower side of the rim are red chrysanthemum badges, and round the foot are sprays of prunus-blossom.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels
Brief description
Oval dish of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca. 1770
Physical description
Dish of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Decorated in imitation of Japanese Imari porcelain. Of four-lobed oval from on a high foot and decorated inside with dragons and flowers. On the lower side of the rim are red chrysanthemum badges, and round the foot are sprays of prunus-blossom.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.5cm
  • Length: 29.8cm
  • Width: 25.4cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
An open crescent (In gold)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Object history
Formerly in the Alfred Trapnell and Barton Collections.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.442-1935

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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