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Vase

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

Vase of porcelain, with bulbous body, long neck and spreading mouth. Painted in underglaze blue with a man and a woman with two attendants on a terrace.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in underglaze blue
Brief description
Vase, porcelain painted in underglaze blue, China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (with Chenghua mark)
Physical description
Vase of porcelain, with bulbous body, long neck and spreading mouth. Painted in underglaze blue with a man and a woman with two attendants on a terrace.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.7cm
  • Diameter: 10.5cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'da ming Chenghua nian zhi' in underglaze blue
    Translation
    Made in the Chenghua period of the great Ming dynasty
  • Transliteration
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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.
The design of this vase is identical with that on C.923, 924-191. Cf. also C.936, 948-191
Production
Register
Subjects depicted
Other number
Loan no. 437
Collection
Accession number
C.911-1910

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Record createdFebruary 26, 2009
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