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, nearly hemispherical with short cylindrical foot. Painted in underglaze blue, and enamel red, turquoise-green and yellow with rock, "banded hedge", flowering plum-tree and bamboo.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in underglaze blue and overglaze enamels
Brief description
Bowl, porcelain painted in underglaze blue and overglaze enamels; Japan, Arita kilns (Kakiemon type), Edo period, 1700-1750
Physical description
Bowl of porcelain, nearly hemispherical with short cylindrical foot. Painted in underglaze blue, and enamel red, turquoise-green and yellow with rock, "banded hedge", flowering plum-tree and bamboo.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.4cm
  • Diameter: 10.8cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
'kin' in seal character
Translation
gold
Gallery label
Bowl Porcelain decorated in underglaze blue and enamels Arita ware, Kakiemon style JAPANESE; first half 18th century C.7-1928(as at 2005)
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.7-1928

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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