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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 of porcelain. Club-shaped. Painted with overglaze enamels in the famille verte palette and gilded, with panels in reserve on a green dotted ground broken by butterflies and flowers. Round the body, three rows each of four panels, containing lions, furniture of the scholar's table, landscapes, growing flowers and fishes. On the shoulder, diaper broken by panels of the Liberal Accomplishments. On the neck, butterflies and flowers with two reserved panels of peonies and chrysanthemums.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels and gilded
Brief description
Vase, porcelain painted with overglaze enamels in the famille verte palette and gilded, China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722)
Physical description
Vase of porcelain. Club-shaped. Painted with overglaze enamels in the famille verte palette and gilded, with panels in reserve on a green dotted ground broken by butterflies and flowers. Round the body, three rows each of four panels, containing lions, furniture of the scholar's table, landscapes, growing flowers and fishes. On the shoulder, diaper broken by panels of the Liberal Accomplishments. On the neck, butterflies and flowers with two reserved panels of peonies and chrysanthemums.
Dimensions
  • Weight: 10.30kg
  • Height: 74.9cm
  • Diameter: 24.8cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
A double circle, in underglaze blue
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 references
  • Gorer, E. and J. F. Blacker. Chinese porcelain and hard stones. London: B. Quaritch, 1911, Vol. I, Pl. 130.
  • Bushell, Chinese Art, fig 51
Other number
Loan No. 1132
Collection
Accession number
C.1279-1910

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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