On display
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Vase

about 1700 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Jingdezhen (made)

This vase is part of a garniture, matched set of vases. They were often displayed on cupboards and over fireplaces in Europe.

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
Object type
Vase
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in underglaze blue
Porcelain
Cobalt Oxide
Painted
Glazed
Blue and White
Brief description
Vase, porcelain with underglaze blue decoration, China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722)
Physical description
Porcelain vase of cylindrical form with board neck and flared mouth. Painted in underglaze blue, on the body with peonies and and conventional foliage in reserve on a blue ground. Above and below are bands of sceptre-head (ruyi) panels containing formal floral decoration, followed by two bands of diaper pattern. Round the neck with leaf design and scrollwork, and below the mouthrim a band of floral and scrolling foliage.
Dimensions
  • Height: 29.2cm
  • Diameter: 11.7cm
Styles
Kangxi
Blue and White (Asia)
Marks and inscriptions
Mark of a double circle in underglaze blue
Gallery label
(2009)
Part of a Chinese garniture for the European market
China, Jingdezhen, about 1700
Garnitures (matched sets of vases) were often displayed on cupboards and over fireplaces in Europe.
C.748-1910. Salting Bequest
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.
Subjects depicted
Peonies
Floral Scrolls
Ruyi
Diaper-Work
Scroll-Work
Summary
This vase is part of a garniture, matched set of vases. They were often displayed on cupboards and over fireplaces in Europe.
Bibliographic references
  • Thompson, Henry, Sir & Murray Marks, A catalogue of blue and white Nankin porcelain: forming the collection of Sir Henry Thompson. Illustrated by the autotype process from drawings by James Whistler and Sir Henry Thompson. London: Ellis and White, 1878.
  • Catalogue of blue and white oriental porcelain, exhibited in 1895, London : Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1895 61
Other number
Loan no. 386 - Previous loan number
Collection
East Asia Collection
Accession number
C.748-1910

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Record createdDecember 17, 2008
Record URL
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