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

Bowl

1890-1930 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bowl, porcelain finely decorated with overglaze enamels, with high rounded sides, an everted gilt-edged rim and straight footring, the exterior on both sides are decorated on a white ground with a pheasant, one perched on a rock, one in flight, next to floral sprays; the inside well featuring a stylised floral medallion; the outer rim decorated with the Eight Buddhist Emblems and stylised lotuses. Mark on base.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with overglaze enamels
Brief description
Bowl, overglaze polychrome enamelled porcelain, Chinese export to Southeast Asia, 1890-1930
Physical description
Bowl, porcelain finely decorated with overglaze enamels, with high rounded sides, an everted gilt-edged rim and straight footring, the exterior on both sides are decorated on a white ground with a pheasant, one perched on a rock, one in flight, next to floral sprays; the inside well featuring a stylised floral medallion; the outer rim decorated with the Eight Buddhist Emblems and stylised lotuses. Mark on base.
Dimensions
  • Height: 5.5cm
  • Diameter: 11cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
陳豐成記 (Factory mark, square in red on base)
Translation
Mark of Chen Fengcheng
Transliteration
Chen Fengcheng ji
Credit line
Given by Mrs M. Joan Stewart
Object history
Collected by Mrs M. Joanna Stewart when she was residing in Malaysia from 1962 to 1979.
Collection
Accession number
FE.63-2014

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Record createdSeptember 7, 2014
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