Blue-and-white dish with the Portuguese arms of Pinto

On display

Some of the earliest armorial porcelain was made for Spanish and Portuguese customers.

Title

Blue-and-white dish with the Portuguese arms of Pinto
Associated place

Jingdezhen kilns (place of creation)

Portugal (probable) (probable original location)
Date

1680 - 1690
Qing Dynasty (1645 - 1911)
Material and technique

porcelain, with underglaze painting in cobalt-blue
Material index

porcelain
Technique index

painted;

glazed
Object type

dish
Dimensions

3.7 cm (height)
20.8 cm (diameter)
at foot 12.5 cm (diameter)
No. of items

1
Credit line

Presented by E. C. Rouse, 1962.
Museum location

Second floor | Gallery 38 | China from AD 800
Museum department

Eastern Art
Accession no.

EA1962.100