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

Dish

1621-1627 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Square dish of porcelain, painted in underglaze blue, green, yellow and red with a fisherman and a poem reading: "Together we carry the wine to the moving boats, and spend the beautiful night near the river's bank". Borders of floral sprays and scrollwork. Under the rims, emblems.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in underglaze blue and overglaze enamels
Brief description
Dish, porcelain painted in underglaze blue and overglaze enamels, China (Jingdezhen), Ming dynasty
Physical description
Square dish of porcelain, painted in underglaze blue, green, yellow and red with a fisherman and a poem reading: "Together we carry the wine to the moving boats, and spend the beautiful night near the river's bank". Borders of floral sprays and scrollwork. Under the rims, emblems.
Dimensions
  • Width: 15.2cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
'da ming nian zhi' in underglaze blue
Translation
Made in the great Ming dynasty
Credit line
Given by Sydney Vacher
Production
label
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.53-1925

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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