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Dish
(1765-1770)

Medium
porcelain (soft-paste)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Patricia Begg OAM Bequest, 2024
Gallery location
17th & 18th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
 

About this work

These four dishes on the wall are moulded in the form of leaves and have a certain trompe l’oeil quality to them, each revealing the vein structure of their leaf forms. This dish and the Chelsea dish copy forms produced by the Meissen manufactory.

Artwork Details

Medium
porcelain (soft-paste)
Measurements
5.5 × 24.5 × 21.1 cm
Accession Number
2024.427
Department
International Decorative Arts
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Patricia Begg OAM Bequest, 2024
Gallery location
17th & 18th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International