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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

1662-1722 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bowl of porcelain. Circular, deep, with slightly out-turned rim. Painted outside with a bird, guelder-roses, plum blossom, and foliage, in enamels colours of the famille verte palette over a pale brown glaze. Inside the rim, a border of bamboo leaf and rosette diaper alternating with pairs of books, pictures and other emblems. At the bottom, a flower in red and green. The inside is glazed white.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels
Brief description
Bowl of porcelain, painted in enamel colours of the famille verte palette over a pale brown glaze, China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722)
Physical description
Bowl of porcelain. Circular, deep, with slightly out-turned rim. Painted outside with a bird, guelder-roses, plum blossom, and foliage, in enamels colours of the famille verte palette over a pale brown glaze. Inside the rim, a border of bamboo leaf and rosette diaper alternating with pairs of books, pictures and other emblems. At the bottom, a flower in red and green. The inside is glazed white.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.8cm
  • Diameter: 19.7cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
'zhi' in underglaze blue
Translation
made
Credit line
Salting Bequest
Object history
Bequeathed by Mr. George Salting, accessioned in 1910. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
Production
Register
Subjects depicted
Other number
Loan No. 264
Collection
Accession number
C.1233-1910

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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