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

Jar

16th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jar of oviform, porcelain painted in overglaze enamels, round the middle a wide band of yellow floriated ornament, with violet flowers on green ground, the upper and lower parts white, painted with blue animals and scrolls in compartments.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels
Brief description
Jar, porcelain painted in overglaze enamels, China, Ming dynasty, 16th century
Physical description
Jar of oviform, porcelain painted in overglaze enamels, round the middle a wide band of yellow floriated ornament, with violet flowers on green ground, the upper and lower parts white, painted with blue animals and scrolls in compartments.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21.6cm
  • Diameter: 18.4cm
Style
Object history
Purchased from a source not recorded in the Asia Department registers, accessioned in 1857. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
Production
Register
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Hobson, R.L.Chinese Pottery and Porcelain New York: Funk and Wagnalls; London: Cassell, 1915, vol. II, p. 160
Collection
Accession number
4396-1857

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Record createdJanuary 14, 2009
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