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vase

  • Object type

  • Museum number

    PDF.125

  • Description

    Porcelain vase of bag-shaped basket form with simulated basketwork. The vase has greyish white crackled glaze. There is an inscription on the base.

  • Culture/period

  • Date

    • 18thC

  • Materials

  • Ware

  • Technique

  • Dimensions

    • Height: 175 millimetres

  • Inscriptions

      • Inscription Type

        inscription

      • Inscription Position

        On the base

      • Inscription Language

        Chinese

      • Inscription Content

        永壽宮

      • Inscription Transliteration

        Yongshougong

      • Inscription Translation

        Yongshou gong [a palace in the Forbidden City]

      • Inscription Type

        inscription

      • Inscription Position

        on base

      • Inscription Language

        Chinese

      • Inscription Content

        寅

      • Inscription Transliteration

        yin

      • Inscription Translation

        reverence

  • Curator's comments

    Published PDF date : 17th-18thCRoom 95 label text:

    PDF 125

    Vase imitating a basket


    This vase is incised with lines to imitate basketwork and with a trompe l’oeil rope around the neck. The design is archaistic and loosely based on earlier white wares with basket work patterns made in North China. Three characters永壽宮 (Yongshougong ‘Never-ending Longlife Palace’) are incised on the base and coloured with a red pigment. This palace was located within the Forbidden City – the Ming and Qing emperor’s residence and seat of government. There is a separate character 寅 (yin ‘reverence’) also incised on the base.


    Underfired porcelain, incised and with transparent glaze
    South China 中國南部
    Qing dynasty, about AD 1700–1800

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  • Bibliography

    • Medley 1975 Monochrome pl. 223 bibliographic details
    • Hobson 1934 p. 98, pl. XCVII bibliographic details
    • Medley 1980 p.26, no.70, pl. IX bibliographic details

  • Location

    On display: G95/dc11/sh7

  • Acquisition name

  • Department

    Asia

  • Registration number

    PDF.125

Porcelain vase of bag-shaped basket form with simulated basketwork. The vase has greyish white crackled glaze. There is an inscription on the base.

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