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Vase late 18th-early 19th century
Porcelain with crackled glaze and applied decoration in black and white slip | H 45.9 cm (whole object) | RCIN 11851
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A Chinese porcelain vase with crackled glaze and applied decoration in black and white, part of a garniture of three with RCIN 692.1-2. Baluster-shaped with rounded shoulder, waisted neck and open mouth, the sides spreading towards the foot. On either side of the neck are small handles in the form of prunus branches dressed in black, with applied flowers in white. On the front, in relief, are two four-clawed, brown-black dragons disputing a pearl, and on the reverse, a flying crane. The mouth rim is dressed in brown.
Text adapted from Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen: Volume I.Provenance
Possibly acquired by George IV, 1815. Jutsham Dels I.222, 4 September 1815, provides a possible reference to the other two vases in the garniture (RCINs 672.1-2): ‘A Pair of Small Crackly Vases or Jars light Drab Ground - with painted Birds, Snakes or 3 leg Dragons Flowers and Insects - the Top & Bottom mounted in Or Molu’. An additional note reads: ‘presented by the Princess Charlotte’ (1796–1817). While these items cannot otherwise be identified, and it is not uncommon for mounts to have been removed, there remains the question of this third, larger vase.
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Medium and techniques
Porcelain with crackled glaze and applied decoration in black and white slip
Measurements
H 45.9 cm (whole object)
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Place of Production
China
