Vase
1662-1722 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Porcelain vase, cylindrical form with short slightly contracted neck. Painted in underglaze blue with four bands of design consisting successively of lotuses in panels connected by scroll-work; dragons in reserve on a clouded blue ground; four stylised plum-blossoms on scrolling foliage; and stylised flowers resereved on a blue ground.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted in underglaze blue |
| Brief description | Vase, porcelain painted in underglaze blue, China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722) |
| Physical description | Porcelain vase, cylindrical form with short slightly contracted neck. Painted in underglaze blue with four bands of design consisting successively of lotuses in panels connected by scroll-work; dragons in reserve on a clouded blue ground; four stylised plum-blossoms on scrolling foliage; and stylised flowers resereved on a blue ground. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Mark of a double circle in blue |
| Credit line | Salting Bequest |
| Object history | Bequeathed by Mr. George Salting, accessioned in 1910. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project. |
| Production | Register |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Other number | Loan no. 346 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.611-1910 |
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| Record created | December 16, 2008 |
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