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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Bowl

ca. 1725-1730 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bowl of hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue and enamels and gilded. Shallow with an openwork border composed of intersecting circles and a low foot ring. Decorated with a spray of peony half encircling the inside and with a phoenix perched on it. A second phoenix hovers in the air. On the back is a continuous border of scrolling stems with leaves.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue and enamels and gilded
Brief description
Bowl of hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue and enamels and gilded, probably Du Paquier porcelain factory, Vienna, ca. 1725-1730.
Physical description
Bowl of hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue and enamels and gilded. Shallow with an openwork border composed of intersecting circles and a low foot ring. Decorated with a spray of peony half encircling the inside and with a phoenix perched on it. A second phoenix hovers in the air. On the back is a continuous border of scrolling stems with leaves.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.6cm
  • Diameter: 24.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
'MAN-NEN. TAI MEI' (In pseudo-Oriental characters in underglaze blue)
Translation
Ten thousand years great Ming
Credit line
Given by Mrs M. Gross
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.76-1949

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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