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

Dish

ca. 1591-1613 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Large porcelain export dish, decorated in underglaze blue in Kraak style. Lobed, everting rim, grit adheres to footring. Central design of four wild geese at a lotus pond.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue
Brief description
Dish, porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue; China (Jingdezhen), Ming dynasty, early 17th century
Physical description
Large porcelain export dish, decorated in underglaze blue in Kraak style. Lobed, everting rim, grit adheres to footring. Central design of four wild geese at a lotus pond.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 35cm
  • Foot diameter: 19.8cm
Styles
Gallery label
KRAAK DISH About 1591–1613 Porcelain decorated in underglaze blue Jingdezhen Museum no. Circ.632-1969 明晚期 青花克拉克盤(23/02/2016)
Production
Register: early 17th century.
An identical dish is published in Canepa 2008, pp. 126-129, cat. 11, and dated ca. 1591-1613
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.632-1969

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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