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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 136, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Cup

1723-1735 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Wine-cup of porcelain, with no handle. Painted with a man dressed in a red robe sitting on the trunk of a willow on a mound by a lake with ducks, drawn in underglaze blue and coloured over in pale green and purple and red enamels.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in underglaze blue and overglaze enamels
Brief description
Wine-cup, porcelain painted in underglaze blue and overglaze enamels, China (Jingdezhen), Qing dynasty, Yongzheng period (with Chenghua mark)
Physical description
Wine-cup of porcelain, with no handle. Painted with a man dressed in a red robe sitting on the trunk of a willow on a mound by a lake with ducks, drawn in underglaze blue and coloured over in pale green and purple and red enamels.
Dimensions
  • Height: 3.2cm
  • Diameter: 6.7cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
'da ming Chenghua nian zhi' in underglaze blue
Translation
Made in the Chenghua period of the great Ming dynasty
Credit line
Purchased with Art Fund support, the Vallentin Bequest, Sir Percival David and the Universities China Committee
Production
label
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.62-1935

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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