Vase
1500-1600 (made)
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Vase of porcelain, bulbous, with flat base and wide short neck. The decoration consists of lotus-flowers and foliage rising from waves below a row of ruyi head devices, incised in outline and coloured turquoise-blue, brown and white against a dark purplish-blue background.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain with decoration incised and in coloured glazes |
| Brief description | Vase, porcelain with incised lotus design and painted in coloured glazes; China (Jingdezhen), Ming dynasty, 1500-1600 |
| Physical description | Vase of porcelain, bulbous, with flat base and wide short neck. The decoration consists of lotus-flowers and foliage rising from waves below a row of ruyi head devices, incised in outline and coloured turquoise-blue, brown and white against a dark purplish-blue background. |
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| Object history | Purchased from S. M. Franck & Co. (25 Camomile Street, EC.), accessioned in 1911. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project. |
| Production | from label |
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| Accession number | C.130-1911 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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