Dish

Description

Circular dish of porcelain decorated in underglaze blue with birds, fruit and flowers, with a central monogram VOC (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie): Japan, made for the Dutch East Indies Company, 18th century

Museum reference

A.1935.310

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Dish

Production information

Japan, East Asia

Date

18th century

Materials

Porcelain

Physical description

Porcelain

Associations

Previous owner: Dutch East India Company
Sri Lanka, South Asia

Exhibitions

• Artistic Legacies (08 Feb 2019)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Artistic Legacies (29 Jul 2011 - 2018)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

For a similar piece, see Oliver Impey, Japanese Export Porcelain: Catalogue of the Collection of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Hotei Publishing, 2002), no. 27.

On display

national museum of scotland »
level 5 »
world cultures, artistic legacies