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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 136, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Vase

1662-1722 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of baluster form. Painted in three shades of green, red, yellow, manganese-purple and black. Four ladies on a terrace. Round the neck, a landscape. On the shoulder, trellis diaper with four reserved panels of emblems.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels
Brief description
Vase, porcelain painted with overglaze enamels in the famille verte palette; China (Jingdezhen), Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722)
Physical description
Vase of baluster form. Painted in three shades of green, red, yellow, manganese-purple and black. Four ladies on a terrace. Round the neck, a landscape. On the shoulder, trellis diaper with four reserved panels of emblems.
Dimensions
  • Height: 34.9cm
  • Diameter: 17.1cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
A seal character in a double circle, in underglaze blue
Credit line
Salting Bequest
Object history
Bequeathed by Mr. George Salting, accessioned in 1910. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
Subjects depicted
Other number
Loan no. 116
Collection
Accession number
C.1268-1910

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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