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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 143, The Timothy Sainsbury Gallery

Vase

1700-1722 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Enamels are glass-like pigments used to decorate ceramics, glass and metal. They are fused on to the surface of already-fired ceramics by a number of additional firings, often in a specifically designed ‘muffle kiln’. Enamel-painting started very early in China. Green is the predominant colour on this vase. As a result the 19th-century French writer Albert Jacquemart gave it the name 'famille verte' (green family).


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels
Brief description
Vase, porcelain painted in overglaze enamels in the famille verte palette, China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722)
Physical description
Porcelain vase, four-sided, painted in overglaze enamels in the famille verte palette with groups of figures, flowers, foliage and represtations of vases.
Dimensions
  • Height: 52.1cm
  • Width: 17.5cm
Style
Object history
Purchased from the Bond Collection, accessioned in 1875. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
Bought (Bond Collection).
Production
label
Subjects depicted
Summary
Enamels are glass-like pigments used to decorate ceramics, glass and metal. They are fused on to the surface of already-fired ceramics by a number of additional firings, often in a specifically designed ‘muffle kiln’. Enamel-painting started very early in China. Green is the predominant colour on this vase. As a result the 19th-century French writer Albert Jacquemart gave it the name 'famille verte' (green family).
Collection
Accession number
511-1875

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Record createdDecember 8, 2008
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