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Plate
Plate of soft-paste porcelain with creamy-white translucency; standing on a tapering foot rim, with cushion-moulded and slightly curved sides; a lobed rim (six large and six small lobes), moulded in relief with scrolls, flowers and tied ribbons; the edge of the well moulded with six grooves. Painted with a sketchy tiger lying down in a landscape; round the edge of the well, an elaborate gilt border with flower heads in hexagons and honeysuckle motifs; the rim edged in gilt and decorated in gilt with three pairs of crossed arrows and three hunting horns crossed with spears.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31440
Acquisition
Purchase, 1895
Measurements
Height
(cm): 2.8
diam
(cm): 21.7
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 8
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
porcelain
glaze
enamel
gilding
Location
In store
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