Fruit-basket

Description

Fruit basket of blue and white porcelain, with pierced sides and two handles, decorated with a landscape on the base: China, from the Diana Cargo, c. 1816

Museum reference

A.1995.159 A

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Fruit-basket

Production information

China, East Asia

Date

c. 1816

Materials

Porcelain

Physical description

Porcelain; pierced sides; decorated with triple arch pattern

Associations

Merchant ship: Diana
Previous owner: Honourable East India Company

Exhibitions

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

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

On display

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