{"meta":{"version":"2.1","_links":{"self":{"href":"https://api.vam.ac.uk/v2/object/O14547"},"collection_page":{"href":"https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O14547/"}},"images":{"_primary_thumbnail":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2006AU8744/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg","_iiif_image":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2006AU8744/","_alt_iiif_image":[],"imageResolution":"high","_images_meta":[{"assetRef":"2006AU8744","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London","sensitiveImage":false},{"assetRef":"2011EY2646","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London","sensitiveImage":false},{"assetRef":"2017JV4552","copyright":"©Victoria and Albert Museum, London","sensitiveImage":false}]},"see_also":{"_iiif_pres":"https://iiif.vam.ac.uk/collections/O14547/manifest.json","_alt_iiif_pres":[]}},"record":{"systemNumber":"O14547","accessionNumber":"CIRC.118-1936","objectType":"Jar","titles":[],"summaryDescription":"Large lidded jars of this type were used to store water or alcohol and would have used at court during celebratory events. In Chinese traditional culture the word fish (<i>yu</i>) is homophonic with the word for abundance (<i>yu</i>) and is a symbol of marriage and wealth. This example is decorated with waterweed and lotuses in underglaze cobalt blue and fishes in overglaze iron red. The base is painted with the reign mark of the emperor Jiajing (1522-1566). ","physicalDescription":"Porcelain jar with lid decorated with watery plants in underglaze cobalt blue and fishes in overglaze iron red.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"x40240"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"porcelain","id":"AAT10662"}],"techniques":[{"text":"glazing","id":"AAT53914"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Porcelain","categories":[{"text":"Drinking","id":"THES48965"}],"styles":[{"text":"Ming","id":"AAT18438"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"EAS","id":"THES48596"},"images":["2006AU8744","2011EY2646","2017JV4552"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"44","id":"THES49802"},"free":"","case":"CA003","shelf":"","box":""},{"current":{"text":"44","id":"THES49802"},"free":"","case":"CA003","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Jar","id":""}],[{"text":"Lid","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Jingdezhen","id":"x32230"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1522-1566","earliest":"1522-01-01","latest":"1566-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Purchased with Art Fund support, the Vallentin Bequest, Sir Percival David and the Universities China Committee","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"73","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Diameter","value":"35","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Diameter","value":"12.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"base","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Porcelain jar, China, Jingdezhen, Ming dynasty, Jiajing reign (1522-66)","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Rose Kerr (ed.) Chinese Art and Design. The T.T.Tsui Gallery of Chinese Art. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1991, p. 164, fig. 72"},{"reference":{"text":"Lu","id":"AUTH321139"},"details":"p.360","free":""}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"Fish","id":"x30068"},{"text":"Plants","id":"AAT132360"},{"text":"lotus","id":"AAT165258"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"Large lidded jar for alcohol\r\nJiajing reign period (1522-1566)\r\nJiajing mark on base\r\nJingdezhen kilns, south China\r\n\r\nPorcelain painted in cobalt blue and iron red\r\nMuseum no. Circ.118-1936\r\nFrom the Eumorfopoulos collection, purchased with the assistance of The Art Fund, the Vallentin Bequest, Sir Percival David and the Universities China Committee [Art Fund logo]","date":{"text":"2007","earliest":"2007-01-01","latest":"2007-12-31"}}],"partNumbers":["CIRC.118-1936","CIRC.118A-1936"],"accessionNumberNum":"118","accessionNumberPrefix":"CIRC","accessionYear":1936,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE","Jar","Lid"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2026-06-08","recordCreationDate":"1999-12-15","availableToBook":false}}