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

Vase and Lid

1736-1795 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of baluster-shape and domed lid with flattened knob. Porcelain, painted with overglaze enamels of the famille rose palette, with rings in underglaze blue at foot, shoulder and mouth; the body decorated with cockerels and cockscomb-plants, the neck with flower-sprays, and the shoulder with chrysanthemums reserved in a diapered ground. The lid is similarly decorated.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Vase
  • Lid
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels
Brief description
Vase and lid, porcelain painted with overglaze enamels of the famille rose palette; China (Jingdezhen), Qing dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-1795)
Physical description
Vase of baluster-shape and domed lid with flattened knob. Porcelain, painted with overglaze enamels of the famille rose palette, with rings in underglaze blue at foot, shoulder and mouth; the body decorated with cockerels and cockscomb-plants, the neck with flower-sprays, and the shoulder with chrysanthemums reserved in a diapered ground. The lid is similarly decorated.
Dimensions
  • Height: 41.3cm
  • Diameter: 26cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
A double ring in underglaze blue on base
Credit line
Bequeathed by Joseph Henry Jacobs
Production
label
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.25&A-1950

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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