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

Bowl

1835 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Porcelain bowl, with quadrangular shape and short footring, painted in overglaze polychrome enamel of the famille rose palette with scenes of silk making extracted from the 'Yuzhi Gengzhi tu'


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in overglaze polychrome enamels
Brief description
Porcelain bowl painted in overglaze polychrome enamels with scenes from the 'Yuzhi gengzhitu', Jingdezhen, China, Qing dynasty, Daoguang reign period, ca. 1835
Physical description
Porcelain bowl, with quadrangular shape and short footring, painted in overglaze polychrome enamel of the famille rose palette with scenes of silk making extracted from the 'Yuzhi Gengzhi tu'
Dimensions
  • Height: 43mm
  • Across mouthrim width: 119mm
  • Across mouthrim depth: 119mm
Styles
Credit line
Presented by David and Anne Hyatt King through The Art Fund
Production
From label
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
LOAN:KING.4

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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