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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 136, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Vase

1723-1735 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase, porcelain with pale celadon glaze. Of cylindrical form with flattened, rounded shoulder and small straight-sided mouth section, standing on a low foot-ring. The six-character mark of Yongzheng is written within a double ring in underglaze blue on the glazed base.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain, glazed
Brief description
Vase, porcelain with pale celadon glaze; China (Jingdezhen), Qing dynasty, Yongzheng mark and period (1723-1735)
Physical description
Vase, porcelain with pale celadon glaze. Of cylindrical form with flattened, rounded shoulder and small straight-sided mouth section, standing on a low foot-ring. The six-character mark of Yongzheng is written within a double ring in underglaze blue on the glazed base.
Dimensions
  • Height: 25.7cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
'da qing Yongzheng nian zhi' in a double ring, in underglaze blue
Translation
Made in the Yongzheng period of the great Qing dynasty
Credit line
Bequeathed by J. G. Maxwell Brownjohn
Production
label
Collection
Accession number
C.53-1965

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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