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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Vase

1675-1725 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Square vase, on each side is a flower and bird design in relief on a ground of square spirals.
Same design as teapot C27-1947, thus dated to 1675-1725 like the teapot.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Red stoneware with applied moulded decoration
Brief description
Yixing ware. Square vase, red stoneware with bird and prunus blossom design in relief; China (Yixing), Qing dynasty, 1675-1725
Physical description
Square vase, on each side is a flower and bird design in relief on a ground of square spirals.
Same design as teapot C27-1947, thus dated to 1675-1725 like the teapot.
Dimensions
  • Height: 23.2cm
Style
Object history
Formerly C. Ward Loan 37.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Kerr, Rose "Yixing Wares in the V&A" in Orientations, Vol. 14, No. 10; October 1983, Fig. 3.
Other number
Loan No. 37 - Previous loan number
Collection
Accession number
C.31-1947

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Record createdAugust 23, 2005
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