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

Saucer

ca. 1745 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Saucer of porcelain, painted in black with touches of red and gold with European figures of an old woman in spectacles offering a woman seated at a table a gilt necklace; border of close formal scrollwork in gilt on black, and red formal flowers.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels and gilt
Brief description
Saucer, porcelain painted in overglaze enamels and gilt; China (Jingdezhen), Qing dynasty
Physical description
Saucer of porcelain, painted in black with touches of red and gold with European figures of an old woman in spectacles offering a woman seated at a table a gilt necklace; border of close formal scrollwork in gilt on black, and red formal flowers.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 11.7cm
Styles
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr Arthur Hurst
Production
label
Subjects depicted
Other number
Hurst Collection 4022
Collection
Accession number
C.166-1940

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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