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

Vase

ca. 1870 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Porcelain vase, with long narrow body, painted in overglaze enamels in the famille rose palette with a group of three females, one of whom is holding a vase and riding on a qilin.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels
Brief description
Vase, porcelain painted in overglaze enamels in the famille rose palette with female figures, China, Qing dynasty
Physical description
Porcelain vase, with long narrow body, painted in overglaze enamels in the famille rose palette with a group of three females, one of whom is holding a vase and riding on a qilin.
Dimensions
  • Height: 43.8cm
  • Diameter: 12.7cm
Styles
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, 1981
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Catalogue of the Collection of Old Chinese Porcelains formed by Richard Bennett, Esq. Thornby Hall, Northampton London: Gorer, 1911, No. 325
  • Sotheby Catalogue, 20 November 1936, lot 43 (colour plate)
  • Sotheby Catalogue, 17 June 1937, lot 217 (colour plate)
Collection
Accession number
498-1875

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Record createdJanuary 16, 2009
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