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

Vase

1600-1700 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Double gourd vase decorated with flowers in white slip on a brown ground.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain decorated in white slip on brown ground
Brief description
Cer, China, Ming, brown and white
Physical description
Double gourd vase decorated with flowers in white slip on a brown ground.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 15.9cm
  • Height: 26.7cm
Style
Object history
Purchased from Robert Murdoch Smith, accessioned in 1876. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
From the RICHARD collection, Iran
Production
label
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Kerr, Rose and Luisa E. Mengoni Chinese Export Ceramics London: V&A Publishing, 2011, p.108, pl.153
Collection
Accession number
1698-1876

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Record createdMarch 7, 2000
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