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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

1800-1900 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bowl of stoneware, painted outside in red and green with a band of stylised blossom broken by four medallions containing the character shou (longevity). Inside on the bottom is an unglazed ring burnt red.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware with polychrome painted decoration
Brief description
Bowl, stoneware with polychrome painted decoration, China, 19th century
Physical description
Bowl of stoneware, painted outside in red and green with a band of stylised blossom broken by four medallions containing the character shou (longevity). Inside on the bottom is an unglazed ring burnt red.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6cm
  • Diameter: 13cm
Styles
Credit line
Given by Professor C. G. Seligman, FRS
Object history
Acquired in Cairo.
Production
label
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.79-1924

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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