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

Vase

17th century or 18th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of brown stoneware with mottled blue to yellow-brown glaze. Ovoid, with wide, flat base, high shoulder, and short outcurved lip. Interior also glazed.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware, glazed
Brief description
Shiwan ware. Vase, glazed stoneware; China (Shiwan), Qing dynasty, 17th or 18th century
Physical description
Vase of brown stoneware with mottled blue to yellow-brown glaze. Ovoid, with wide, flat base, high shoulder, and short outcurved lip. Interior also glazed.
Dimensions
  • Height: 39.7cm
Styles
Credit line
Given by Colonel Frederick D. Samuel D.S.O. through Art Fund
Production
Register
Collection
Accession number
C.128-1937

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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