Vase
1800-1900 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Porcelain vase with egg-shaped body, short neck and flanged mouth, decorated with a red glaze, slightly crackled and brown at the mouth, and painted with flowers, foliage and a butterfly in overglaze coloured enamels
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | porcelain with copper red glaze |
| Brief description | Cer, China, Qing, monochrome, RED |
| Physical description | Porcelain vase with egg-shaped body, short neck and flanged mouth, decorated with a red glaze, slightly crackled and brown at the mouth, and painted with flowers, foliage and a butterfly in overglaze coloured enamels |
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| Credit line | Salting Bequest |
| Object history | Bequeathed by Mr. George Salting, accessioned in 1910. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project. |
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| Accession number | C.386-1910 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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