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

Vase

1662-1722 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of porcelain, covered with a lavender blue glaze. Pear-shaped body with long neck. Round the foot, waves and rocks incised; on the shoulder, a cloud-scroll border with a brown band above. On the neck painted with a bird on a plum-tree.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Glazed porcelain with incised and painted decoration
Brief description
Vase, glazed porcelain with incised and painted decoration, China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722)
Physical description
Vase of porcelain, covered with a lavender blue glaze. Pear-shaped body with long neck. Round the foot, waves and rocks incised; on the shoulder, a cloud-scroll border with a brown band above. On the neck painted with a bird on a plum-tree.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21.9cm
  • Diameter: 10.5cm
Style
Credit line
Salting Bequest
Object history
Bequeathed by Mr. George Salting, accessioned in 1910. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
Production
Register
Subjects depicted
Other number
Loan no. 1428
Collection
Accession number
C.533-1910

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Record createdFebruary 19, 2009
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