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China
Vase c.1700
Porcelain painted in underglaze blue | 45.2 x 21.7 cm (whole object) | RCIN 26793
King's Ante-Chamber, Palace of Holyroodhouse
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A blue-and-white porcelain vase of baluster shape with ovoid body, trumpet neck and spreading foot. Painted on the lower part is a river landscape with two figures on a rocky shore, a boat and mountains beyond; and above, another scene, with figures in a pavilion viewing a watery landscape, with two boats and mountains beyond.
Text adapted from Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen: Volume I.Provenance
Presented to King George V and Queen Mary for the Palace of Holyroodhouse by the architect Sir Robert Rowand Anderson in 1917.
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Medium and techniques
Porcelain painted in underglaze blue
Measurements
45.2 x 21.7 cm (whole object)
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