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

Vase

1736-1795 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of porcelain, with pear-shaped body and straight neck. Decorated with peonies and buds on coling stems of foliage painted in black outline and copper-red.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain with painted decoration
Brief description
Vase, porcelain painted in black outline and copper-red, China, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-1795)
Physical description
Vase of porcelain, with pear-shaped body and straight neck. Decorated with peonies and buds on coling stems of foliage painted in black outline and copper-red.
Dimensions
  • Height: 32.7cm
  • Diameter: 16.8cm
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. 1366
Collection
Accession number
C.981-1910

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Record createdFebruary 27, 2009
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