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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Jingdezhen (made)

This type of beaker-shaped vase sometimes formed part of a garniture, matched set of vases. Equally they were also displayed individually on cupboards and over fireplaces in Europe.

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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 beaker-shaped, painted in underglaze blue with peonies and conventional foliage in reserve on a blue ground. Above and below are bands of sceptre-head (ruyi) panels containing formal floral decoration. Bordered by a band of diaper-work above foot, and a band of half flower-head and scrolling foliage below the mouthrim.
Dimensions	Height: 30.8cm Diameter: 13.7cm
Styles	Kangxi Blue and White (Asia)
Marks and inscriptions	Mark of a double circle in underglaze blue
Gallery label	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.750-1910. Salting Bequest(2009)
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 Scrolling Foliage
Summary	This type of beaker-shaped vase sometimes formed part of a garniture, matched set of vases. Equally they were also displayed individually 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 59
Other number	Loan no. 383 - Previous loan number
Collection	East Asia Collection
Accession number	C.750-1910

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Record created	December 17, 2008
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O179902/vase-unknown/

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