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

Vase

1403-1424 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Porcelain vase painted in underglaze cobalt blue, of meiping form with narrow contracted neck and small mouth. Painted with a design of lotus and scrolling foliage between decorative borders, all much blurred under a clear glaze full of tiny bubbles.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue
Brief description
Vase, porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue wtih lotus scrolls; China (Jingdezhen), Ming dynasty, Yongle period (1403-1424)
Physical description
Porcelain vase painted in underglaze cobalt blue, of meiping form with narrow contracted neck and small mouth. Painted with a design of lotus and scrolling foliage between decorative borders, all much blurred under a clear glaze full of tiny bubbles.
Dimensions
  • Registers height: 24.7cm
  • Registers diameter: 15.2cm
Styles
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.5-1928

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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