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Vase

1916 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Jingdezhen (made)

Vase, egg-shaped with short nect and foot. Painted in enamel colours with boys at play on a rocky mound.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
Vases
Object type
Vase
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels
Porcelain
Painted
Glazed
Brief description
Vase, porcelain painted in overglaze enamels with boys at play; China (Jingdezhen), mark and reign of Hongxian, 1916
Physical description
Vase, egg-shaped with short nect and foot. Painted in enamel colours with boys at play on a rocky mound.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.8cm
  • Width: 7.1cm
Style
Hongxian
Marks and inscriptions
'Hongxian nian zhi' in blue enamel within a double square on base
Translation
Made in the Hongxian period
Credit line
Given by Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth Dingwall D.S.O. through Art Fund
Subject depicted
Boys
Bibliographic references
  • Connoisseur , 67, Oct.1923, p.99
  • Kerr, Rose, 'Ceramic story' China Now 118, Autumn 1986, p.15
  • Kerr, Rose Chinese Ceramics, Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty 1644-1911, London: V&A, 1998, No.116.
  • Oort, H. A. van. Chinese porcelain of the 19th and 20th centuries Lochem: Tijdstroom, 1977.
Collection
East Asia Collection
Accession number
C.129-1924

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Record createdFebruary 12, 2000
Record URL
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