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

Seal

1620-1720 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Seal in the form of a (?) lion, of white-glazed porcelain. A roughly modelled miniature animal seated on a cubic block, with the positive seal engraved (yang ke) in the base.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain, glazed
Brief description
Dehua ware. Seal, white-glazed procelain, China (Dehua), Qing dynasty
Physical description
Seal in the form of a (?) lion, of white-glazed porcelain. A roughly modelled miniature animal seated on a cubic block, with the positive seal engraved (yang ke) in the base.
Dimensions
  • Height: 2.9cm
Styles
Credit line
Given by Miss Dorothy Bushell
Production
label
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Donnelly, P.J. Blanc de Chine: the porcelain of Têhua in Fukien. London: Faber, 1969, plate 67, p. 106 ff.
Collection
Accession number
FE.140-1975

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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