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

Vase

1736-1795 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Porcelain vase with bublbous body, long narrow neck and spreading mouth, covered with a liver-red glaze.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain with red glaze
Brief description
Porcelain vase with liver-red glaze, Jingdezhen, China, Qianlong mark and period (1736-95)
Physical description
Porcelain vase with bublbous body, long narrow neck and spreading mouth, covered with a liver-red glaze.
Dimensions
  • Height: 29.7cm
  • Diameter: 18.5cm
From register
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
Six-characters Qianlong mark in blue seal characters on the base
Object history
Purchased from a source not recorded in the Asia Department registers, accessioned in 1901. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
Bought, £3
Collection
Accession number
482-1901

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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