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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
China, Room 44, The T.T. Tsui Gallery

Teapot

1680-1722 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The Kangxi period (1662-1722) was a golden age for enamelled porcelain. All sorts of shapes and colours emerged from the skilful hands of potters in Jingdezhen, the porcelain city in Jiangxi province. The predominant colour of this vase is green, which inspired the French art historian Albert Jacquemart (1808-1875) to coin the term 'famille verte' (green family) to describe Chinese porcelain of such a colour scheme.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Teapot
  • Lid
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in enamel colours
Brief description
Bamboo canes; Cer, China, Qing, polychrome, f. verte

Cer, China, Qing, polychrome
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.5cm
Style
Gallery label
Teapot in form of bamboo canes Kangxi reign period 1680-1720 Jingdezhen kilns, south China Porcelain with coloured glaze Museum no. C.1096-1910 Salting Bequest(2007)
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.
Summary
The Kangxi period (1662-1722) was a golden age for enamelled porcelain. All sorts of shapes and colours emerged from the skilful hands of potters in Jingdezhen, the porcelain city in Jiangxi province. The predominant colour of this vase is green, which inspired the French art historian Albert Jacquemart (1808-1875) to coin the term 'famille verte' (green family) to describe Chinese porcelain of such a colour scheme.
Collection
Accession number
C.1096&A-1910

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Record createdSeptember 16, 2005
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