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. Place of Origin China (made) Date ca. 1770 (made) Artist/maker Unknown Materials and Techniques porcelain painted in underglaze blue Dimensions Length: 30.5 cm, Width: 22.5 cm Descriptive line Octagonal dish, porcelain decorated with a temple, houses and butterflies, Chinese, ca. 1770 Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no) Kerr, Rose and Luisa E. Mengoni Chinese Export Ceramics London: V&A Publishing, 2011, pp.28-30, pl.28 Materials Porcelain Subjects depicted Houses; Landscape; Temple; Butterflies Categories Porcelain; Household objects; Ceramics Collection East Asia Collection
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. Place of Origin China (made) Date ca. 1770 (made) Artist/maker Unknown Materials and Techniques porcelain painted in underglaze blue Dimensions Length: 30.5 cm, Width: 22.5 cm Descriptive line Octagonal dish, porcelain decorated with a temple, houses and butterflies, Chinese, ca. 1770 Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no) Kerr, Rose and Luisa E. Mengoni Chinese Export Ceramics London: V&A Publishing, 2011, pp.28-30, pl.28 Materials Porcelain Subjects depicted Houses; Landscape; Temple; Butterflies Categories Porcelain; Household objects; Ceramics Collection East Asia Collection