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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

ca. 1730-1735 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Porcelain dish, octagonal in shape, with flat rim, painted in overglaze polychrome enamels with a woman and two boys amongst furniture; flowers in white and blue against a ruby-pink fround on the border.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with overglaze polychrome enamels
Brief description
Octagonal dish painted in overglaze polychrome enamels, China, Qing dynasty, ca. 1730-35
Physical description
Porcelain dish, octagonal in shape, with flat rim, painted in overglaze polychrome enamels with a woman and two boys amongst furniture; flowers in white and blue against a ruby-pink fround on the border.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 21cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
Dresden Japanese Palace inventory mark N = 203
Credit line
W.W. Aston Bequest
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Kerr, Rose and Luisa E. Mengoni Chinese Export Ceramics London: V&A Publishing, 2011, pp.34-35, pl.36
Collection
Accession number
C.1086-1917

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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