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

Flower Pot

1350-1450 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bulb bowl with rounded sides, inverted flattened rim, small pendant base incompletely glazed and three spreading feet moulded in the form of monster heads. Glossy green glaze thins to a single layer towards the inside bottom, which like the base ring is unglazed and burnt reddish-brown. The outside is decorated in moulded relief with the Eight Trigrams with rib-bands above and below enclosing an incised classic scroll and wave pattern.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware with celadon glaze and moulded decoration in relief
Brief description
Longquan ware. Flower pot, stoneware with celadon glaze and moulded decoration in relief; China (Zhejiang province), Ming dynasty, 14th-15th century
Physical description
Bulb bowl with rounded sides, inverted flattened rim, small pendant base incompletely glazed and three spreading feet moulded in the form of monster heads. Glossy green glaze thins to a single layer towards the inside bottom, which like the base ring is unglazed and burnt reddish-brown. The outside is decorated in moulded relief with the Eight Trigrams with rib-bands above and below enclosing an incised classic scroll and wave pattern.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.1cm
  • Diameter: 27.6cm
Styles
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mrs B.Z. Seligman
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
FE.189-1974

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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