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

Vase

1644-1911 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of porcelain, decorated on the neck are branches of flowering plants. Below is a border of panels alternately in blue and copper-red, and filled alternately with a hatched pattern (blue) and cell-diaper (copper-red). The decoration on the body consists of birds and lotus flowers.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in underglaze blue and copper-red
Brief description
Vase, porcelain painted in underglaze blue and copper-red, China (Jingdezhen), Qing dynasty
Physical description
Vase of porcelain, decorated on the neck are branches of flowering plants. Below is a border of panels alternately in blue and copper-red, and filled alternately with a hatched pattern (blue) and cell-diaper (copper-red). The decoration on the body consists of birds and lotus flowers.
Dimensions
  • Height: 51.8cm
  • Diameter: 21.0cm
Style
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr W. G. Gulland
Production
Inventory
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.416-1931

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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