Architectural Fitting
1747-1770 (made)
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Tile, earthenware covered with a brown glaze, moulded in relief; one side of the tile has a glazed front which rises vertically to a crested edge and is moulded with a series of close horizontal lines in relief above a row of bosses in rectangular compartments.
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Materials and techniques | Moulded and glazed earthenware |
Brief description | Tile, earthenware with brown glaze, China, 1747-70 |
Physical description | Tile, earthenware covered with a brown glaze, moulded in relief; one side of the tile has a glazed front which rises vertically to a crested edge and is moulded with a series of close horizontal lines in relief above a row of bosses in rectangular compartments. |
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Object history | Purchased from S. M. Franck & Co. (Mr. Wylde's Purchases in China), accessioned in 1912. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project. This architectural fitting is part of a group of objects purchased by C. H. Wylde in Korea and China in 1912. Wylde was the first Keeper of Ceramics and the first member of V&A staff to visit East Asia. In the archive file, Wylde notes the ‘six fragments of architectural decoration from the Old Summer Palace, or Yuan Ming Yuan, which is about 10 miles from Pekin’ and states that ‘these are very interesting as they are the work of craftsmen employed by the French Jesuit Missionaries who were entrusted with the work of building the palace by the emperor Khang-his (1662-1722). The fragments strongly show the influence of the style of Louis XIV’. The Yuanming Yuan was the imperial summer and was plundered and destroyed by British and French troops during the Second Opium War in 1860. This object would have been from the European-style buildings in the Yuanming Yuan. It is not clear from the file whether Wylde acquired them from the ruined site or from elsewhere. |
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Accession number | C.379-1912 |
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Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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