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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 136, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Dish

ca. 1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Octagonal dish, with flat, unglazed base and indented at eight angles of the rim. In the centre is a landscape scene with a small temple and houses, enclosed within a spearhead-type border. Round the rim is an uneven 'rococo' border containing auspicious emblems and butterflies.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
porcelain painted in underglaze blue
Brief description
Octagonal dish, porcelain decorated with a temple, houses and butterflies, Chinese, ca. 1770
Physical description
Octagonal dish, with flat, unglazed base and indented at eight angles of the rim. In the centre is a landscape scene with a small temple and houses, enclosed within a spearhead-type border. Round the rim is an uneven 'rococo' border containing auspicious emblems and butterflies.
Dimensions
  • Length: 30.5cm
  • Width: 22.5cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Dorothy B. Simpson
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Kerr, Rose and Luisa E. Mengoni Chinese Export Ceramics London: V&A Publishing, 2011, pp.28-30, pl.28
Collection
Accession number
FE.22-1977

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Record createdMarch 14, 2003
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