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

Vase

ca. 1500 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of porcelain, one of a pair, inverted pear-shaped with flat base; decorated with groups of lotus-flowers and foliage and small floating weeds, in pale manganese-violet, yellow and white on a dark turquoise-blue ground.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain with decoration in raised outline and filled with coloured glazes
Brief description
Fahua ware. Vase, one of a pair, porcelain with designs in raised outline and filled with coloured glazes, China, Ming dynasty
Physical description
Vase of porcelain, one of a pair, inverted pear-shaped with flat base; decorated with groups of lotus-flowers and foliage and small floating weeds, in pale manganese-violet, yellow and white on a dark turquoise-blue ground.
Dimensions
  • Height: 17.5cm
  • Diameter: 16.5cm
Styles
Object history
Purchased from Mr. E. Glover (170 New Bond Street, W.), 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 with C.277-191.
Production
label
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.276-1910

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Record createdFebruary 12, 2009
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