Vase
- Place of origin:
Jingdezhen (made)
- Date:
1662-1722 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown
- Materials and Techniques:
Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue, with silver rmount
- Credit Line:
Salting Bequest
- Museum number:
C.887-1910
- Gallery location:
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery, case 10, shelf 2
Physical description
Vase, egg-shaped with spreading foot; the neck cut down and mounted in silver. Moulded with eight vertical petal-shaped panels and painted with two ladies on a terrace and two boys at play, repeated. Above are sprays of plum-blossom and bamboo.
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen (made)
Date
1662-1722 (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown
Materials and Techniques
Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue, with silver rmount
Marks and inscriptions
Mark, a pair of figures embracing, in a double circle, in underglaze blue
Dimensions
Height: 22.2 cm, Diameter: 9.5 cm
Descriptive line
Vase, porcelain painted in underglaze blue, with silver rmount; China (Jingdezhen), Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722)
Materials
Porcelain; Cobalt oxide; Silver
Techniques
Painted; Glazed; Mounted
Subjects depicted
Flower (plum); Bamboo; Ladies; Boys; Terraces
Categories
Ceramics; Porcelain
Collection
East Asia Collection
