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Vase

1662-1722 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Jingdezhen (made)

Porcelain vase, of bulbous form with spreading mouth and foot, and two dragon handles. The body covered with café-au-lait glaze, with two large shou characters (longevity) in reserve, broken by reserved panels respectively containing a fish and a dragon, and two peaches; also on the neck, two panels containing seal characters for shou, all painted in underglaze blue.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
Object type
Vase
Materials and techniques
Porcelain with café-au-lait glaze and underglaze blue decoration
Porcelain
Cobalt Oxide
Painted
Glazed
Blue and White and Brown
Brief description
Vase, porcelain with café-au-lait glaze and underglaze blue decoration, China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722)
Physical description
Porcelain vase, of bulbous form with spreading mouth and foot, and two dragon handles. The body covered with café-au-lait glaze, with two large shou characters (longevity) in reserve, broken by reserved panels respectively containing a fish and a dragon, and two peaches; also on the neck, two panels containing seal characters for shou, all painted in underglaze blue.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21.7cm
  • Diameter: 11cm
Style
Kangxi
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.
Broken at lip during war evacuation (39-1946), repaired.
Production
Register
Subjects depicted
Fish
Dragon
Peaches
Other number
Loan no. 146
Collection
East Asia Collection
Accession number
C.960-1910

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Record createdDecember 19, 2008
Record URL
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