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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Vase

960-1127 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase with foliated mouth of white-buff stoneware, covered with transparent glaze over whitle slip.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware with transparent glaze over white slip
Brief description
White ware. Vase with foliated mouth, white-slipped glazed stoneware; north China, Northern Song dynasty
Physical description
Vase with foliated mouth of white-buff stoneware, covered with transparent glaze over whitle slip.
Dimensions
  • Height: 16.5cm
  • Diameter: 13.3cm
Style
Object history
Bought from the C. L. Rutherston Collection (No. 66 in the Catalogue of Rutherston Collection of Old Chinese Works of Art, Bluett & Sons, 1948).
Production
from label
Bibliographic references
  • Ayers, John. Far Eastern Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1980, Monochrome Plate No. 85.
  • Chinese Art Exhibition, Manchester : City Art Gallery, 1936 988
Collection
Accession number
C.24-1948

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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