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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 136, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Vase

ca.1730 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Porcelain vase with short neck, painted in overglaze polychrome enamels and gold with children playing and floral borders with symbols in medallions


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain decorated in overglaze polychrome enamels
Brief description
Porcelain decorated with overglaze polychrome enamels, Jingdezhen, China, Qianlong reign period, ca. 1730, with spurious Chenghua mark
Physical description
Porcelain vase with short neck, painted in overglaze polychrome enamels and gold with children playing and floral borders with symbols in medallions
Dimensions
  • Height: 33.8cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
Chenghua mark on the base
Object history
Purchased from Dr. S. W. Bushell (Beijing), accessioned in 1883. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
Bought, 1l.
Production
Mark of Chenghua (1465-1487) but dating to ca.1730
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Kerr, Rose Chinese Ceramics. Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty 1644-1911. London: V&A Publications, 1998, p. 107, no.88
Collection
Accession number
794-1883

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Record createdJanuary 31, 2008
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