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

Wine Pot and Lid

middle of the 19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Wine pot and lid of porcelain. The body has four curved sides and rests on a square base; four-sided spout and loop handle. The square domed cover terminating in a pinnacle knob. Painted with flowering plants, shrubs and insects in underglaze blue touched with brownish copper red.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Wine Pot
  • Lid
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in underglaze blue and copper red
Brief description
Wine pot and lid, porcelain painted in underglaze blue and copper red; Kanzan workshop, Kyoto, Japan, middle of the 19th century
Physical description
Wine pot and lid of porcelain. The body has four curved sides and rests on a square base; four-sided spout and loop handle. The square domed cover terminating in a pinnacle knob. Painted with flowering plants, shrubs and insects in underglaze blue touched with brownish copper red.
Dimensions
  • Height: 16.8cm
  • Diameter: 8.9cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
'Dai Nippon Kanzan sei' (Maker's mark in underglaze blue)
Gallery label
Ewer and cover Painted in underglaze blue and copper red with plants and insects. Mark: Dai Nihon Kanzan sei JAPANESE (KYOTO); c.1900 Given by Lt. Col. K. Dingwall, D.S.O., through the National Art-Collections Fund C.638 & A-1921(as at 2005)
Credit line
Given by H. M. Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851
Subjects depicted
Other number
848 - H.M.C. Loan no.
Collection
Accession number
C.638&A-1921

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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