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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

1700-1750 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bowl of porcelain, convex sides with projecting flanged rim, the edge is lobed. Inside are painted a few sprigs of flowers. Outside a slender branching spray growing up from the footring; on the side are two boys, one carrying a gourd, the other having it laid down, a blue dog, birds and a few sprigs of flowers.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels
Brief description
Bowl, porcelain painted in overglaze enamels; Japan, Arita kilns (Kakiemon type), Edo period, 1700-1750
Physical description
Bowl of porcelain, convex sides with projecting flanged rim, the edge is lobed. Inside are painted a few sprigs of flowers. Outside a slender branching spray growing up from the footring; on the side are two boys, one carrying a gourd, the other having it laid down, a blue dog, birds and a few sprigs of flowers.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.1cm
  • Diameter: 20cm
Styles
Gallery label
Bowl with lobed rim and moulded well, in flower form Porcelain decorated in enamels Arita ware, Kakiemon style JAPANESE; first half 18th century C.12-1937(as at 2005)
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.12-1937

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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