Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Bowl

ca. 1700 (made), ca. 1700-1710 (decorated)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Teabowl or small bowl of standard Chinese shape, the exterior with pale brown 'Batavian' glaze enamelled in opaque white, iron red and green with stylised flowers and an insect; the interior rim painted in underglaze blue with hatched band, and the interior enamelled in iron red, green and blue with a central floral motif encircled in red, and with a band of stylised flowers and cockerels; marked inside foot with a hatched triangle within two concentric circles in underglaze blue; circular paper label printed 'BMW' in monogram and 'Bernard Watney Collection'.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, thrown, turned and painted in underglaze blue before glazing and firing; enamelled
Brief description
Small bowl or teabowl with 'Batavian' glaze, Chinese, ca. 1700, enamelled in London with stylised flowers and cockerels ca. 1700-1710
Physical description
Teabowl or small bowl of standard Chinese shape, the exterior with pale brown 'Batavian' glaze enamelled in opaque white, iron red and green with stylised flowers and an insect; the interior rim painted in underglaze blue with hatched band, and the interior enamelled in iron red, green and blue with a central floral motif encircled in red, and with a band of stylised flowers and cockerels; marked inside foot with a hatched triangle within two concentric circles in underglaze blue; circular paper label printed 'BMW' in monogram and 'Bernard Watney Collection'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 5cm
  • Diameter: 8.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'BMW' (Monogram printed on circular paper label)
  • 'BERNARD WATNEY COLLECTION' (Inscription printed on circular paper label)
Credit line
Given by Errol Manners in memory of Bernard Watney
Production
Made and painted in underglaze blue in Jingdezhen, China; enamelled at a later date in London.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.11-2005

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Record createdMay 23, 2005
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