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

Jug

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

Jug of porcelain. Powder-blue ground with flowers and diapers in gold and three reserved panels of chrysanthemums, lotuses and peonies. On the neck two small panels of flowers.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels and gilded
Brief description
Jug, porcelain painted in overglaze polychrome enamels and gilded, China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722)
Physical description
Jug of porcelain. Powder-blue ground with flowers and diapers in gold and three reserved panels of chrysanthemums, lotuses and peonies. On the neck two small panels of flowers.
Dimensions
  • Height: 28.9cm
  • Diameter: 15.2cm
Style
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.
Production
Register
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Kerr, Rose and Luisa E. Mengoni Chinese Export Ceramics London: V&A Publishing, 2011, p.33, pl.34
Other number
Loan No. 207
Collection
Accession number
C.1345-1910

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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