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Plate, buff coloured earthenware, circular shape with inset base, curving sides and spreading rim; covered all over with a white tin-glaze, this then painted in blue with to the centre of the well a Chinese-style scene showing a figure pointing at an urn on a stand from which a spray of flowers issues, two insects hover around the figure, a blue band around the edge of the well, sprays of flowers and foliage issuing from urn-like motifs to the rim, a blue band to the outer rim, the glaze chipped around the edge of the rim, a crack spreads from the rim to the centre of the well.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 34872
Creation/Production
Unknown
Date: 18th century (mid)
Acquisition
Purchase, 12/1919
Measurements
Height
(cm): 3.1
diam
(cm): 21.8
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 8
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
in-glaze colours
decoration
Applied Art
tin-glazed
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
tin-glazed earthenware
Location
In store
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