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

Vase

1522-1566 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of porcelain, with bulbous body and cylindrical neck, moulded in vertical panels and painted in underglaze blue; each panel round the neck contains a conventional lotus flower and an emblem; round the shoulder is a band of fret ornament, and each panel of the body encloses two animals of qilins, lions or other monsters under a pine-tree. This vase has been reduced in size by filing both at top and bottom.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in underglaze blue
Brief description
Vase, lip and foot cut down, porcelain painted in underglaze blue, China, Ming dynasty, Jiajing period (1522-1566)
Physical description
Vase of porcelain, with bulbous body and cylindrical neck, moulded in vertical panels and painted in underglaze blue; each panel round the neck contains a conventional lotus flower and an emblem; round the shoulder is a band of fret ornament, and each panel of the body encloses two animals of qilins, lions or other monsters under a pine-tree. This vase has been reduced in size by filing both at top and bottom.
Dimensions
  • Height: 24.1cm
  • Diameter: 17.5cm
Styles
Object history
Purchased from Hy. Griffiths, Esq. (Brighton), accessioned in 1899. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
Production
from label
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
8-1899

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Record createdJanuary 28, 2009
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