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Vase

About 1983 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Decoration: Palaces and bamboo groves among hills

Box: Cardboard box (half of) with details of the product type only


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Lacquered wood, brick-red lacquer painted in green, gold, blue and scarlet, wood stand painted black
Brief description
Woo, China, lacquer, painted
Physical description
Decoration: Palaces and bamboo groves among hills

Box: Cardboard box (half of) with details of the product type only
Dimensions
  • Height: 20.5cm
  • Width: 8.0cm
Object history
Presented to Sir Roy Strong, Director of the V&A, 28 July 1983, by Chinese delegation to the 1983 ICOM conference
Production
Fuzhou, Fujian province, CHINA
Bibliographic reference
Craig Clunas, 'High Craft or Tourist Art? Contemporary Chinese Lacquer' V & A Album (Autumn 1988)
Collection
Accession number
FE.58A-1983

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Record createdFebruary 12, 2000
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