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

Bottle

ca. 1650-1700 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bottle of porcelain, bulbous with short neck and flanged mouth. Painted in underglaze blue on a wide band with birds and flowering peony sprays below a border of serrations.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue
Brief description
Bottle, porcelain painted in underglaze blue; Japan, Arita kilns, Edo period, about 1650-1700
Physical description
Bottle of porcelain, bulbous with short neck and flanged mouth. Painted in underglaze blue on a wide band with birds and flowering peony sprays below a border of serrations.
Dimensions
  • Height: 25.4cm
  • Diameter: 17.8cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
The initials 'I.C.' in blue on base
Gallery label
Bottle Porcelain decorated in underglaze blue The initials I.C. on base Arita ware JAPANESE; c.1650-1700 C.6-1920 Dingwall Gift(as at 2005)
Credit line
Given by Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth Dingwall D.S.O. through Art Fund
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.6-1920

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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