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Plate, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain with a greenish translucency; standing on a foot rim curving into straight spreading sides; painted with set pattern 232 - an Imari influenced design, of an octagonal cartouche in the centre, with a red oriental vase on a stand, containing a large pink peony and smaller red flowers with pale green and gilt leaves; wide underglaze blue border with two quatrefoil cartouches containing flowers in red, gilt, and overglaze blue, between four scroll-shaped cartouches, containing stylised phoenixes and flowers; gilt lip.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 33912
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 3.1
diam
(cm): 21.2
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 8
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
jiggered
forming
Applied Art
underglaze blue
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
enamel
gilding
Location
In store
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