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

Vase

1662-1722 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of porcelain, decorated in underglaze blue and partly covered with lustrous brown glaze. Bulbous body and pedestal foot. The long tapering neck has a diapered border round the base and is divided into two zones, the upper containing prunus blossoms, the lower growing peonies, another diapered border round the rim.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain with cobalt blue decoration and brown glaze
Brief description
Vase, porcelain painted in underglaze blue and partly covered with lustrous brown glaze, China (Jingdezhen), Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722)
Physical description
Vase of porcelain, decorated in underglaze blue and partly covered with lustrous brown glaze. Bulbous body and pedestal foot. The long tapering neck has a diapered border round the base and is divided into two zones, the upper containing prunus blossoms, the lower growing peonies, another diapered border round the rim.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.1cm
  • Diameter: 18.4cm
Styles
Credit line
Given by Mr R. Clarke Edwards
Production
Register
Subjects depicted
Other number
Loan No. 35
Collection
Accession number
C.315-1918

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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