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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

1450 - 1650 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jar of grey stoneware, decorated with two pomegranates and a spray of foliage cut in reserve through a creamy white slip and heightened by painting in dark brown and engraving under a clear glaze.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware, incised, painted, glazed
Brief description
Cizhou ware. Jar, grey stoneware with decoration cut through white slip under a clear glaze, China, Ming dynasty
Physical description
Jar of grey stoneware, decorated with two pomegranates and a spray of foliage cut in reserve through a creamy white slip and heightened by painting in dark brown and engraving under a clear glaze.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.1cm
  • Diameter: 13cm
Style
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.346-1921

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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