Vase
1700-1710 (made)
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Porcelain objects with a dark blue glaze and decoration in coral-red enamel and gold were amongst the most popular items produced at the Jingdezhen kilns in south-east China for export. This type of glaze was called chuiqing or 'blown blue' in China, and known as bleu soufflé or fouetté in Europe. The name derives from the particular technique required to apply the glaze on the surface: the powdered cobalt was blown through a bamboo cane that had a fine gauze at one of the extremities.
Objects with powder-blue glaze were produced since the late 17th century, and by the early 18th century fine gilded decorations of flowers, landscapes and symbolic motifs were added on the surface. They were particularly favoured in the Middle East but also widely exported in Europe, where they were used as tableware in the residences of aristocrats and wealthy people, or exhibited on the walls and in the niches of the so-called 'porcelain rooms'.
Objects with powder-blue glaze were produced since the late 17th century, and by the early 18th century fine gilded decorations of flowers, landscapes and symbolic motifs were added on the surface. They were particularly favoured in the Middle East but also widely exported in Europe, where they were used as tableware in the residences of aristocrats and wealthy people, or exhibited on the walls and in the niches of the so-called 'porcelain rooms'.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain with powder-blue glaze painted in iron red and gold |
| Brief description | Porcelain rouleau vase with powder-blue glaze and gilded decoration, Jingdezhen, China, Qing dynasty, kangxi reign (1662-1722) |
| Physical description | Porcelain rouleau vase with straight neck and cupped mouth, decorated with a powder-blue glaze and painted round the sides in coral-red enamel with four carps leaping or descending, and surrounded by a gilded decoration of waves and water plants. A border of cartouches with symbolic motifs round the shoulders and floral scrolls with landscapes in reserves on the neck. |
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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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| Summary | Porcelain objects with a dark blue glaze and decoration in coral-red enamel and gold were amongst the most popular items produced at the Jingdezhen kilns in south-east China for export. This type of glaze was called chuiqing or 'blown blue' in China, and known as bleu soufflé or fouetté in Europe. The name derives from the particular technique required to apply the glaze on the surface: the powdered cobalt was blown through a bamboo cane that had a fine gauze at one of the extremities. Objects with powder-blue glaze were produced since the late 17th century, and by the early 18th century fine gilded decorations of flowers, landscapes and symbolic motifs were added on the surface. They were particularly favoured in the Middle East but also widely exported in Europe, where they were used as tableware in the residences of aristocrats and wealthy people, or exhibited on the walls and in the niches of the so-called 'porcelain rooms'. |
| Bibliographic reference | Kerr, Rose Chinese Ceramics. Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty 1644-1911. London: V&A Publications, 1998, p. 102, no.80 |
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| Accession number | C.1347-1910 |
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| Record created | January 31, 2008 |
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