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

Dish

1730-1745 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Lotus-shaped dish of porcelain, decorated in overglaze enamels of the famille rose palette, with a medallion of flowers in a border of lotus-petals on a brocade ground sprinkled with flowers.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels
Brief description
Dish, porcelain painted with overglaze enamels in the famille rose palette, China (Jingdezhen), Qing dynasty, mid 18th century
Physical description
Lotus-shaped dish of porcelain, decorated in overglaze enamels of the famille rose palette, with a medallion of flowers in a border of lotus-petals on a brocade ground sprinkled with flowers.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 22.2cm
Styles
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr W. G. Gulland
Production
label
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.354-1931

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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