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Dish

1780-1830 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Fujian (made)

Dish of porcelain, thickly potted with a correspondingly broad foot-ring, and has a narrow, flat rim with notched edge. Painted in underglaze cobalt blue with a small medallion containing a phoenix in the centre, a cell diaper pattern on the rim, and on the intervening surface a landscape design with pagodas, pavilions and figures. Fishing boats and distant mountains. On the base is a scorpion within a ring, and on the sides are jewels and ruyi heads.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
Object type
Dish
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue
Porcelain
Blue and White
Brief description
Dish, porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue; China, Qing dynasty
Physical description
Dish of porcelain, thickly potted with a correspondingly broad foot-ring, and has a narrow, flat rim with notched edge. Painted in underglaze cobalt blue with a small medallion containing a phoenix in the centre, a cell diaper pattern on the rim, and on the intervening surface a landscape design with pagodas, pavilions and figures. Fishing boats and distant mountains. On the base is a scorpion within a ring, and on the sides are jewels and ruyi heads.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 16.8cm
Styles
Blue and White (Asia)
Qing
Marks and inscriptions
  • a scorpion on base
  • Transliteration
    .
Credit line
Given by Mr G. M. Goodall
Object history
Acquired in Southeast Asia by the donor.
Production
label
Subjects depicted
Pagodas
Landscapes
Pavilions
Figures
Boats
Scorpion
Ruyi
Collection
East Asia Collection
Accession number
C.81-1957

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O494489/dish-unknown/
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