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

Wine Pot and Lid

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

Wine pot and lid of porcelain, with pear-shaped body, slightly spreading neck and foot, loop handle, spout and domed lid with knob. Painted in polychrome enamels in the famille verte palette with an official, a boy attendant, a crane and a deer, repeated. The handle painted to imitate basket-work, the spout mounted in silver to hide a break.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Wine Pot
  • Lid
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in polychrome enamels on the biscuit, with silver mount
Brief description
Wine pot and lid, porcelain painted on the biscuit in polychrome enamels in the famille verte palette, with silver mount, China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722)
Physical description
Wine pot and lid of porcelain, with pear-shaped body, slightly spreading neck and foot, loop handle, spout and domed lid with knob. Painted in polychrome enamels in the famille verte palette with an official, a boy attendant, a crane and a deer, repeated. The handle painted to imitate basket-work, the spout mounted in silver to hide a break.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.7cm
  • Diameter: 8.3cm
Styles
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. 1429
Collection
Accession number
C.1054&A-1910

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Record createdMarch 3, 2009
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