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

Vase

1875-1908 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of hexagonal plan. The inner walls are solid, the outer walls decorated in openwork and covered with green glaze between red-glazed supports at the six corners. Each panel of the neck is sunken and has a vase in relief. Round the shoulder, six panels containing, on the green open-work ground, a small circular medallion with flowers in colours on white. The six panels of the body contain, on the green open-work ground, six vases painted in red on white with figures in mixed style of Watteau figures and the illustrated books of Daoist Immortals. Round the base are six horizontal corners have gilt scrollwork on the red ground.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain with decoration in relief in open-work, in coloured glazes, painting in enamel colours and gilding
Brief description
Vase, porcelain painted in overglaze enamels and gilt, China (Jingdezhen), Qing dynasty, Guangxu period (1875-1908)
Physical description
Vase of hexagonal plan. The inner walls are solid, the outer walls decorated in openwork and covered with green glaze between red-glazed supports at the six corners. Each panel of the neck is sunken and has a vase in relief. Round the shoulder, six panels containing, on the green open-work ground, a small circular medallion with flowers in colours on white. The six panels of the body contain, on the green open-work ground, six vases painted in red on white with figures in mixed style of Watteau figures and the illustrated books of Daoist Immortals. Round the base are six horizontal corners have gilt scrollwork on the red ground.
Dimensions
  • Height: 35.7cm
  • Diameter: 16.0cm
Styles
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr W. G. Gulland
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.28-1932

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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