Dish
second half of 19th century (made)
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Dish of porcelain. Rim scalloped with diagonal ribs, with a brown glaze at the edge. Within a red key-pattern border, two quails are painted in red, one walking left, the other sitting full face. Sprays of leaves and grass grow over them from the right, painted in black, blue, green, yellow and manganese purple. On the exterior, joined sprays painted in underglaze blue round the rim.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain decorated with underglaze blue exterior decoration in underglaze blue and interior enamels |
| Brief description | Dish, porcelain with exterior decoration in underglaze blue and interior enamel decoration of quails; Japan, Arita kilns (Kutani type), Meiji period, second half of 19th century |
| Physical description | Dish of porcelain. Rim scalloped with diagonal ribs, with a brown glaze at the edge. Within a red key-pattern border, two quails are painted in red, one walking left, the other sitting full face. Sprays of leaves and grass grow over them from the right, painted in black, blue, green, yellow and manganese purple. On the exterior, joined sprays painted in underglaze blue round the rim. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'fuku' (Mark painted in black on a blue ground)
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| Gallery label | Small dish
Porcelain with exterior decoration in underglaze blue and interior enamel decoration of quails
Mark: fuku
Arita ware (Kutani style)
JAPANESE; second half 17th century
C.48-1936(as at 2005) |
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| Accession number | C.48-1936 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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