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

Brushpot

ca. 1800-1850 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Brush pot of porcelain, square in seciton, painted in the Chinese famille verte style, with three shades of green, red, yellow, manganese-purple, blue enamel and black. Four panels of the furniture of the scholar's table in reserve on a blue trellis diaper ground. On the top and in the angles a wash of blue and green.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels
Brief description
Brushpot, porcelain, painted with overglaze enamels in the Chinese famille verte style; Japan, possibly Kyoto, Edo period, ca. 1800-1850
Physical description
Brush pot of porcelain, square in seciton, painted in the Chinese famille verte style, with three shades of green, red, yellow, manganese-purple, blue enamel and black. Four panels of the furniture of the scholar's table in reserve on a blue trellis diaper ground. On the top and in the angles a wash of blue and green.
Dimensions
  • Height: 13.7cm
  • Width: 10.5cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'Sho-in' (Mark in a square, in seal form, in underglaze blue on base)
Gallery label
Brushpot Porcelain decorated in overglaze enamels in the Chinese famille verte style Mark Sho-in on base Possibly made in Kyoto JAPANESE; c.1800-1850 C.1212-1910(as at 2005)
Credit line
Salting Bequest
Object history
Bequeathed by Mr. George Salting, accessioned in 1910. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
Subjects depicted
Other number
Loan no. 203
Collection
Accession number
C.1212-1910

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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