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

Dish

1573-1620 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Porcelain dish painted in underglaze blue with fruiting peach branches, within a double roundel.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in underglaze blue
Brief description
Cer, China, Ming, blue and white
Physical description
Porcelain dish painted in underglaze blue with fruiting peach branches, within a double roundel.
Dimensions
  • Registers diameter: 7.875in
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
Da Ming Wanli nian zhi (Vertical script painted inside a double roundel)
Translation
Made during the Wanli reign of the Great Ming
Credit line
Given from the Bloxam Collection
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
John Ayers ' Far Eastern Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum', monochrome plate no. 169
Collection
Accession number
C.104-1928

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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