Sprinkler Bottle
1662-1722 (made)
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Sprinkler bottle of porcelain with silver mount, decorated in underglaze blue and partly covered with lustrous brown glaze. Bulbous body with three white medallions reserved against a brown ground and containing flowers. Long tapering neck with a swelling bulb at the base which has two similar panels with similar decorations. Low pedestal foot.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted in underglaze blue |
| Brief description | Sprinkler bottle, porcelain painted in underglaze blue and partly covered with lustrous brown glaze, China (Jingdezhen), Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722) |
| Physical description | Sprinkler bottle of porcelain with silver mount, decorated in underglaze blue and partly covered with lustrous brown glaze. Bulbous body with three white medallions reserved against a brown ground and containing flowers. Long tapering neck with a swelling bulb at the base which has two similar panels with similar decorations. Low pedestal foot. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mr R. Clarke Edwards |
| Object history | SYRIA, DAMASCUS From the VACHER collection. |
| Production | from label |
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| Bibliographic reference | Kerr, Rose and Luisa E. Mengoni Chinese Export Ceramics London: V&A Publishing, 2011.
p.108, pl.154 |
| Other number | Loan No. 39 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.319-1918 |
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| Record created | March 7, 2000 |
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