Cup
1825-1850 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Inside white and crackled, outside painted with roundels of bats, peaches and the character shou (longevity) against a chocolate ground.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Stoneware painted in coloured enamels |
| Brief description | Yixing ware. Cup, stoneware painted in coloured enamels; China (Yixing), Qing dynasty, Daoguang period, 1825-1850 |
| Physical description | Inside white and crackled, outside painted with roundels of bats, peaches and the character shou (longevity) against a chocolate ground. |
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| 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. |
| Production | label |
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| Bibliographic reference | Kerr, Rose. "Yixing Wares in the V&A" in Orientations, Vol. 12, No. 10, Oct 1983, Fig. 30. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 450A-1872 |
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| Record created | August 24, 2005 |
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