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

Vase

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

Vase, porcelain with purple glaze. Of 'gourd' shape with ovoid lower section, constricted waist and pear-shape above with tapering neck which has been cut down slightly at the mouth; with recessed, glazed base.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain, glazed
Brief description
Vase, porcelain with purple glaze; China (Jingdezhen), Qing dynasty, Kangx period (1662-1722)
Physical description
Vase, porcelain with purple glaze. Of 'gourd' shape with ovoid lower section, constricted waist and pear-shape above with tapering neck which has been cut down slightly at the mouth; with recessed, glazed base.
Dimensions
  • Height: 18.7cm
Styles
Credit line
Bequeathed by J. G. Maxwell Brownjohn
Production
label
Collection
Accession number
C.51-1965

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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