Vase
1550-1640 (made)
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Vase of stoneware, moulded with a design in slightly raised outline filled in with turquoise-blue and white glazes reserved on a dark manganese-purple ground. It is of rectangular section, the body with ogee-curved sides spreading out at the base, the narrow neck also flaring outwards to the mouth and provided with two angular loop handles. The sides of the body and neck are decorated with bamboo, rushes or flowering trees.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Stoneware with designs in raised outline and filled with coloured glazes |
| Brief description | Fahua ware. Vase, stoneware with designs in raised outline and filled with coloured glazes, China, Ming dynasty |
| Physical description | Vase of stoneware, moulded with a design in slightly raised outline filled in with turquoise-blue and white glazes reserved on a dark manganese-purple ground. It is of rectangular section, the body with ogee-curved sides spreading out at the base, the narrow neck also flaring outwards to the mouth and provided with two angular loop handles. The sides of the body and neck are decorated with bamboo, rushes or flowering trees. |
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| Object history | Purchased from S. M. Franck & Co. (25 Camomile Street, EC.), accessioned in 1910. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project. One of a pair [C.113 to 114-191]. |
| Production | label |
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| Accession number | C.114-1910 |
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| Record created | February 12, 2009 |
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