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vase
Object Type
vase
Museum number
PDF,A.829
Description
Enamelled porcelain vase with ovoid body. Fine white glassy porcelain decorated in 'famille rose' palette enamels in 'Gu Yue' style with rocks, bamboo and roses, and poetical inscription in black, and three seals in red enamel. Pair with PDFA830.
Cultures/periods
Qing dynasty
Qianlong
Production date
1735-1795
Production place
Made in:
Jingdezhen
Materials
porcelain
Technique
glazed
painted
Dimensions
Diameter:
88 millimetres
Height:
170 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Published PDF date : Qing Qianlong 1736-1795
Room 95 label text: PDF A829 Vase with a poetic inscription The poem on this vase has been translated '[The bamboo's] many stems are lustrous and of beautiful form. All four seasons are as spring to them.' Porcelain with fencai (powdered colours) Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province 江西省, 景德鎮 Qing dynasty, Qianlong mark and period, AD 1736–1795
PDF A829 題詩瓷瓶 這件瓷瓶上的詩句翻譯為“(竹子)幾多枝條繁榮美麗,對它們而言四季如春”(數枝榮艷足,長占四時春)。 瓷器,粉彩(粉狀彩料) 江西省景德鎮 清代,乾隆,乾隆款,1736-1795年
Bibliographic references
Scott 1991 / Illustrated Catalogue of Qing Enamelled Ware in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(p.54, no.A829)
Lady David 1973 / Illustrated Catalogue of Ch'ing Enamelled Ware in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(p.36, no.A829)
Pierson & Barnes 2002 / A Collector's Vision: Ceramics for the Qianlong Emperor
(p.83, no.70)
(pair with A830)
Location
On display
(G95/dc33/sh6)
Department
Asia
Registration number
PDF,A.829
Conservation
Treatment
: 30 Mar 2009