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

Jar

16th century or early 17th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jar of stoneware with an opalescent glaze. Pear-shaped body with six vertical handles round the top, one missing.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware, glazed
Brief description
Shiwan ware. Jar, stoneware with an opalescent glaze, China (Guangdong province), Ming dynasty, 16th century or early 17th century
Physical description
Jar of stoneware with an opalescent glaze. Pear-shaped body with six vertical handles round the top, one missing.
Dimensions
  • Height: 73.7cm
  • Diameter: 58.4cm
Styles
Credit line
Given by the late H. E. Leetham, Esq.
Object history
Found in British North Borneo.
Production
Register
Collection
Accession number
C.600-1925

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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