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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Bowl

1500-1550 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

'Hot-water' bowl of porcelain, with rounded sides, double walled, the inner bowl rather shallow, and straight foot; the base pierced with a hole for filling. Painted on the outside with two extended floral sprays within a broad band in red and green with fruit or berries in yellow and turquoise blue, and with dotted frieze on the foot. Inside a quatrefoil medallion containing a galloping horse in the centre, and four similar but oval panels round the sides containing 'precious objects,' all on a ground of diamond diaper.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels
Brief description
Bowl, porcelain painted in overglaze enamels; China (Jingdezhen), Ming dynasty
Physical description
'Hot-water' bowl of porcelain, with rounded sides, double walled, the inner bowl rather shallow, and straight foot; the base pierced with a hole for filling. Painted on the outside with two extended floral sprays within a broad band in red and green with fruit or berries in yellow and turquoise blue, and with dotted frieze on the foot. Inside a quatrefoil medallion containing a galloping horse in the centre, and four similar but oval panels round the sides containing 'precious objects,' all on a ground of diamond diaper.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.3cm
  • Diameter: 15.2cm
Styles
Credit line
Given from the collection of the late Surgeon-Captain J. A. Forrest, R.N.
Production
label
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.65-1954

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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