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

Cup and Lid

1825-1850 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cup with lid of stoneware; the inside with crackled glaze; outside painted with birds perched on prunus branch extending into the lid, against a blue ground.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Cup
  • Lid
Materials and techniques
Stoneware painted in coloured enamels
Brief description
Yixing ware. Lidded cup, stoneware painted in coloured enamels; China (Yixing), Qing dynasty, Daoguang period, 1825-1850
Physical description
Cup with lid of stoneware; the inside with crackled glaze; outside painted with birds perched on prunus branch extending into the lid, against a blue ground.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10cm
Styles
Object history
Purchased from Lady Alcock, accessioned in 1872. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Kerr, Rose "Yixing Wares in the V&A" in Orientations, Vol. 14, No. 10, Oct 1983, Fig. 30.
Collection
Accession number
459&A-1872

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Record createdAugust 24, 2005
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