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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 136, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Dish

About 1710-20 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish of porcelain, circular, saucer-shaped, with slightly fluted and wavy edge. Painted in the middle with the Royal Arms of England, below, the word 'ENGELANDT', and on either side, birds and foliage; border of ogee-topped compartments outlined in underglaze blue containing alternately figures and flowering plants in vases, in underglaze blue, red, green and manganese with touches of gold, the spandrils filled with cell diaper in red and green.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in underglaze blue and overglaze enamels
Brief description
Dish, porcelain painted in underglaze blue and overglaze enamels, China (Jingdezhen), Qing dynasty, about 1710-20
Physical description
Dish of porcelain, circular, saucer-shaped, with slightly fluted and wavy edge. Painted in the middle with the Royal Arms of England, below, the word 'ENGELANDT', and on either side, birds and foliage; border of ogee-topped compartments outlined in underglaze blue containing alternately figures and flowering plants in vases, in underglaze blue, red, green and manganese with touches of gold, the spandrils filled with cell diaper in red and green.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 38.4cm
Styles
Gallery label
Painted in China with a garbled version of the Royal Arms of England. Given by H.M. King George V(old label)
Credit line
Given by H.M. King George V
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Kerr, Rose and Luisa E. Mengoni Chinese Export Ceramics London: V&A Publishing, 2011, p.49, pl.60
Collection
Accession number
C.377-1926

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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