Vase
ca.1730 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Porcelain vase with short neck, painted in overglaze polychrome enamels and gold with children playing and floral borders with symbols in medallions
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain decorated in overglaze polychrome enamels |
| Brief description | Porcelain decorated with overglaze polychrome enamels, Jingdezhen, China, Qianlong reign period, ca. 1730, with spurious Chenghua mark |
| Physical description | Porcelain vase with short neck, painted in overglaze polychrome enamels and gold with children playing and floral borders with symbols in medallions |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Chenghua mark on the base |
| Object history | Purchased from Dr. S. W. Bushell (Beijing), accessioned in 1883. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project. Bought, 1l. |
| Production | Mark of Chenghua (1465-1487) but dating to ca.1730 |
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| Bibliographic reference | Kerr, Rose Chinese Ceramics. Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty 1644-1911. London: V&A Publications, 1998, p. 107, no.88 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 794-1883 |
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| Record created | January 31, 2008 |
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