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

Vase

15th century-16th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase, grey stoneware painted with brownish black underglaze; globular, painted with a wide band of rough foliage on winding stem, between horizontal lines


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware with underglaze iron brown
Brief description
Stoneware vase with underglaze iron brown, Thailand, 15th-16th century
Physical description
Vase, grey stoneware painted with brownish black underglaze; globular, painted with a wide band of rough foliage on winding stem, between horizontal lines
Dimensions
  • Height: 4.75in
  • Diameter: 6.25in
Marks and inscriptions
G X (From register: "Inscribed on the base, apparently after firing, is a figure resembling a monogram of G and X")
Gallery label
  • Vase. The neck cut down. SIAMESE (SAWANKHALOK); 14th-15th century. C.236-1927.(pre-1988)
  • Vase, the neck cut down Stoneware painted with underglaze iron brown THAI (Sawankhalok); 15th - 16th century C. 236 - 1927 (RK - 1988)(1988)
Object history
Bought as part of a set (C.215 to 283-1927)
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.236-1927

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Record createdMay 13, 2009
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