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

Jar

ca. 1700 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jar of porcelain, imitating a bamboo basket, globular with broad base and wide mouth. Below the lip, which is slightly splayed, and grooved inside to take a cover (now missing), is modelled and carved a 'rope' tied in a knot at one side; and the body surface is also carved to represent basket-work. Also carved round the body is a design of flowers floating on the waves, coloured in turquoise, blue, yellow and red enamels. The foot is shallow and unglazed.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain, carved and painted in overglaze enamels
Brief description
Jar, porcelain painted in overglaze enamels; Japan, Arita kilns (Kakiemon type), Edo period, ca. 1700
Physical description
Jar of porcelain, imitating a bamboo basket, globular with broad base and wide mouth. Below the lip, which is slightly splayed, and grooved inside to take a cover (now missing), is modelled and carved a 'rope' tied in a knot at one side; and the body surface is also carved to represent basket-work. Also carved round the body is a design of flowers floating on the waves, coloured in turquoise, blue, yellow and red enamels. The foot is shallow and unglazed.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.8cm
  • Diameter: 12.7cm
Styles
Gallery label
Jar imitating bamboo basket Porcelain decorated in enamels Arita ware, Kakiemon style JAPANESE; circa 1700 Presented from the collection of the late Major W. Peer Groves, MA, FRZS, JP, Member of the Imperial Order of the Rising Sun, Member of the Imperial Orders of Vladimir and Stanislaus, by his family in memory of their parents C.8-1955(as at 2005)
Credit line
Presented from the collection of the late Major W. Peer Groves MA, FRZS, JP, Member of the Imperial Order of the Rising Sun, Member of the Imperial Orders of Vladimir and Stanislaus, by his family in memory of their parents
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.8-1955

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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