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

Dish

1400-1500 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish of stoneware, with celadon glaze, and a flower faintly incised under the glaze.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware with incised decoration under celadon glaze
Brief description
Longquan ware. Dish, stoneware with celadon glaze; China (Zhejiang province), Ming dynasty
Physical description
Dish of stoneware, with celadon glaze, and a flower faintly incised under the glaze.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 15.2cm
Styles
Object history
Purchased from Dr. S. W. Bushell (Beijing), accessioned in 1883. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
739-1883

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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