Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Bowl

1600-1655 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bowl of porcelain, painted in underglaze blue. Outside, four panels containing circles with a sprig in them, flaring rim with two floral sprays. Inside, a border round the rim of four panels containing taotie masks, below it four panels containing alternately a peach and another fruit and on the bottom a tasselled gourd with an artemisia leaf.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in underglaze blue
Brief description
Bowl, porcelain painted in underglaze blue, China (Jingdezhen), Ming dynasty, 1600-1655
Physical description
Bowl of porcelain, painted in underglaze blue. Outside, four panels containing circles with a sprig in them, flaring rim with two floral sprays. Inside, a border round the rim of four panels containing taotie masks, below it four panels containing alternately a peach and another fruit and on the bottom a tasselled gourd with an artemisia leaf.
Dimensions
  • Height: 4.8cm
  • Diameter: 10.5cm
Styles
Credit line
Given by Lady Bergne
Production
from label
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.361-1918

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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