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

Vase

1644-1661 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of cilyndrical shape, painted in red, green, yellow enamels with a dragon in a landscape; floral and other decorative bands on the shoulders, neck and around the bottom of the body


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in polychrome enamels
Brief description
Vase painted in polychrome enamels, Qing dynasty, Shunzhi period (1644-1661)
Physical description
Vase of cilyndrical shape, painted in red, green, yellow enamels with a dragon in a landscape; floral and other decorative bands on the shoulders, neck and around the bottom of the body
Dimensions
  • Height: 35cm
  • Diameter: 13.3cm
Styles
Object history
Purchased from a source not recorded in the Asia Department registers, accessioned in 1887. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
373-1887

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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