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

Bottle and Lid

first half 17th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bottle, cylindrical, with round shoulders tapering to a narrow neck. Porcelain painted in underglaze blue with two scenes, on one side is a man falling asleep at his desk, on the other side of the bottle is depicted his dream, in which he is shown accompanied with a lady in a garden by moonlight and being chased by a soldier. It has an engraved brass lid and rim of 19th century Persian workmanship.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Bottle
  • Lid
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in underglaze blue, with engraved brass mount
Brief description
Bottle and lid, porcelain painted in underglaze blue, with engraved Persian brass mount, China, Ming dynasty, first half of the 17th century
Physical description
Bottle, cylindrical, with round shoulders tapering to a narrow neck. Porcelain painted in underglaze blue with two scenes, on one side is a man falling asleep at his desk, on the other side of the bottle is depicted his dream, in which he is shown accompanied with a lady in a garden by moonlight and being chased by a soldier. It has an engraved brass lid and rim of 19th century Persian workmanship.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 14.0cm
  • Height: 47.6cm
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.
Bought in Persia. From the Richard collection.;;
Production
Input by dataload
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Garner, Harry Oriental Blue and White. London: Faber & Faber, 1954, Plate 62, p. 41
  • Porzynski, F. in Burlington Magazine, XVIII, 1910, p. 170, figured in Pl. I.B
  • Kerr, Rose and Luisa E. Mengoni Chinese Export Ceramics London: V&A Publishing, 2011, p.107, pl.149
Collection
Accession number
1601&LID-1876

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Record createdMarch 7, 2000
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