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

Lantern

1736-1795 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Lantern of porcelain. Globular body, short neck and foot, no base. Painted in overglaze enamels of the famille verte palette, with four panels of figure-subjects (three of sages in meditation, and one of a flute-player on a buffalo), in reserve on a ground of chrysanthemum scrolls.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels
Brief description
Lantern, porcelain painted with overglaze enamels in the famille verte palette, China, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-1795)
Physical description
Lantern of porcelain. Globular body, short neck and foot, no base. Painted in overglaze enamels of the famille verte palette, with four panels of figure-subjects (three of sages in meditation, and one of a flute-player on a buffalo), in reserve on a ground of chrysanthemum scrolls.
Dimensions
  • Height: 26.4cm
  • Diameter: 22.2cm
Styles
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
Other number
Loan No. 289
Collection
Accession number
C.1433-1910

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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