dish;
pickle-dish;
condiment-dish
- Museum number
- 1887,0307,II.71
- Description
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Dish with handle; porcelain; form of a leaf with stalk-shaped handle resting on three feet formed from floral sprigs; painted in colours and gilding with floral spray inside and two dragons in Japanese style on outside; marked.
- Production date
- 1750-1752 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Length: 4.70 inches
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This small leaf-shaped dish for pickles, condiments or sauces, was inspired by a Chinese white ware dish made in the Dehua kilns though it may have been used as a scholar's brush washer. The shape with its branch handle and three feet formed from a flowering twig, was copied at Meissen in stoneware and porcelain from the Böttger period, c. 1715. The pattern of a red dragon is after a Meissen design known as the 'Rotem Drachen' based on a Japanese original, which was reserved for court table wares from 1734 (see reg. no. Franks.34). It suggests that a Meissen model was in London and copied at Chelsea or was made as a replacement for a damaged or missing object.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1887
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1887,0307,II.71
