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

Stand

1400-1500 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Stand of grey stoneware, covered with a celadon glaze. Circular, pierced with leaf-shaped motifs separating trefoil openings, and small circular holes below the wavy rim.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware with openwork decoration and celadon glaze
Brief description
Longquan ware. Stand, stoneware with openwork decoration and celadon glaze; China (Zhejiang province), Ming dynasty
Physical description
Stand of grey stoneware, covered with a celadon glaze. Circular, pierced with leaf-shaped motifs separating trefoil openings, and small circular holes below the wavy rim.
Dimensions
  • Height: 17.1cm
  • Diameter: 24.4cm
Styles
Credit line
Given by Mr G. Abercrombie
Production
Label
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Ayers, John. Far Eastern Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1980, Monochrome Plate No. 130.
Collection
Accession number
C.234-1938

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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