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

Dish

1450-1550 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish, saucer-shaped, with rounded sides rising towards the rim; small glazed, recessed base. Painted inside with a sketchy, four-pointed 'crossed vajra' design in a double ring and a line below the rim, and outside with a leafy 'classic scroll'.

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read Chinese blue-and-white ceramics Originally invented in China, blue-and-white ceramics were widely circulated, copied and re-created by makers worldwide, becoming one of the most well-known and enduring products in the history of Chinese porcelain.

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue
Brief description
Dish, porcelain painted in underglaze blue; China (Jingdezhen), Ming dynasty, 1450-1550
Physical description
Dish, saucer-shaped, with rounded sides rising towards the rim; small glazed, recessed base. Painted inside with a sketchy, four-pointed 'crossed vajra' design in a double ring and a line below the rim, and outside with a leafy 'classic scroll'.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 9.3cm
Styles
Credit line
Given by Sir John Addis KCMG
Object history
The group of objects (FE.3 to 105-1975) were all acquired by Sir John Addis during his stay in Manila as British Ambassador, ca. 1965-70, and are purportedly from excavations there. See papers published at the Manila Trade Pottery Seminiar, 1968, here noted; also Locsin, L & C, Oriental Ceramics discovered in the Philippines, Rutland & Tokyo 1968; and Addis, J. M. Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, 1967-69 London : The Society, pp. 17-36.
Production
Register
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Kerr, Rose and Luisa E. Mengoni Chinese Export Ceramics London: V&A Publishing, 2011, p.116, pl.167
Collection
Accession number
FE.23-1975

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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