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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 136, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

This object consists of 2 parts, some of which may be located elsewhere.

Vase

1662-1722 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of porcelain, with dome-shaped body, long cylindrical neck with slightly expanding mouth. Decorated on either side of the body with a large bat (fu), the emblem of happiness, in underglaze copper red. Each bat, constructed from a series of scrolls resembling the sacred fungus (lingzhi), is dragon-headed; the eyes are dotted in with underglaze blue. Covered with a peachbloom glaze with green flecks.


Object details

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Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Vase
  • Wooden Stand
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in underglaze copper red
Brief description
Vase, porcelain with underglaze copper red decoration, China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi mark and period (1662-1722)
Physical description
Vase of porcelain, with dome-shaped body, long cylindrical neck with slightly expanding mouth. Decorated on either side of the body with a large bat (fu), the emblem of happiness, in underglaze copper red. Each bat, constructed from a series of scrolls resembling the sacred fungus (lingzhi), is dragon-headed; the eyes are dotted in with underglaze blue. Covered with a peachbloom glaze with green flecks.
Dimensions
  • Height: 17.8cm
  • Diameter: 10.5cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'da qing Kangxi nian zhi' in underglaze blue
Translation
Made in the Kangxi period of the great Qing dynasty
Credit line
Given by W.G. Gulland, Esq.
Object history
Given by Mr. W. G. Gulland, accessioned in 1905. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
Production
from label
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
189-1905

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Record createdFebruary 3, 2009
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