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

Mug

1690-1720 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Chinese porcelain from Dehua, the mug has a globular body, moulded at the foot with a band of painted leaves and on the shoulder with zig-zag diaper; the neck is horizontally reeded. Painted in chased gilding with Chinese figures, flowering trees, plants and birds. Overdecorated in Europe, possible France, early 18th century


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain, white-glazed with decoration in raised gold.
Brief description
Mug, white-glaze porcelain with decoration in raised gold of figures, trees and birds, Chinese, 17th-18th century
Physical description
Chinese porcelain from Dehua, the mug has a globular body, moulded at the foot with a band of painted leaves and on the shoulder with zig-zag diaper; the neck is horizontally reeded. Painted in chased gilding with Chinese figures, flowering trees, plants and birds. Overdecorated in Europe, possible France, early 18th century
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.52cm
  • Widest diameter: 8.57cm
  • Base diameter: 5.1cm
  • Mouth diameter: 6.2cm
Style
Credit line
Given by Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth Dingwall D.S.O. through Art Fund
Production
from label
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Mentioned in Espir. Helen European Decoration on Oriental Porcelain 1700-1830 London: Jorge Welsh Books, 2005, p. 146, note 47
  • Kerr, Rose and Luisa E. Mengoni Chinese Export Ceramics London: V&A Publishing, 2011, p.101, pl.144
Collection
Accession number
C.403-1920

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Record createdFebruary 19, 2003
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