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

Vase

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

Chinese porcelain, after it had been shipped to Europe, would often be painted over by European enamellers, with many enamellers based in the Netherlands or England. This piece was originally painted in China with an iron red enamel spiral design and then shipped to Europe. Another pear shaped vase is also in the V&A'S collection (museum number: C.343-1931), it bears the same spiral design but with the addition of a painted scene of a boy with a lion on a lead. The design was probably added in Delft or Amsterdam using coloured enamels or en grisaille (black enamel). After these final additions the piece would then have been refired at a lower temperature in a small muffle kiln.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in iron-red enamel
Brief description
Porcelain vase, painted in iron-red enamel, Jingdezhen, China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722), ca.1710-1725.
Physical description
Porcelain vase, pear-shaped with a tall tapering neck, surmounted by a broad ring in the upper part, short foot ring, and glazed base, decorated in iron-red enamel with a continuous spiral band; below the rim are a ruyi border and rosettes.
Dimensions
  • Height: 29.2cm
From register
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
A triple ring in underglaze blue on the base
Credit line
Bequeathed by J. A. Tulk
Subjects depicted
Summary
Chinese porcelain, after it had been shipped to Europe, would often be painted over by European enamellers, with many enamellers based in the Netherlands or England. This piece was originally painted in China with an iron red enamel spiral design and then shipped to Europe. Another pear shaped vase is also in the V&A'S collection (museum number: C.343-1931), it bears the same spiral design but with the addition of a painted scene of a boy with a lion on a lead. The design was probably added in Delft or Amsterdam using coloured enamels or en grisaille (black enamel). After these final additions the piece would then have been refired at a lower temperature in a small muffle kiln.
Bibliographic references
  • Kerr p.96, pl.132
  • Lu p.298
Collection
Accession number
C.102-1956

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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