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

Stemcup

1522-1566 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Stem cup of porcelain painted in underglaze blue. The bowl is painted outside, and inside a medallion on the bottom interior, with a carp amongst waterweeds and growing lotuses. Round the rim on the inside is a zig zag border.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain
Brief description
Cer, China, Ming, blue and white
Physical description
Stem cup of porcelain painted in underglaze blue. The bowl is painted outside, and inside a medallion on the bottom interior, with a carp amongst waterweeds and growing lotuses. Round the rim on the inside is a zig zag border.
Dimensions
  • Registers height: 4.8in
  • Registers diameter: 5.25in
Styles
Credit line
Given from the Bloxam Collection
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.120-1928

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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