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British and French potters were attracted to the deep red glaze with blue streaks, while the form, especially the elephant handles, would have had an additional appeal to an audience interested in the exotic East.\r\n\r\nThe red glaze with blue streaks so admired by European ceramicists did not come as an overnight success in China. The red colour was derived from copper, which was highly unstable and difficult to control. Of all Chinese glazes it had the highest failure rate. It was only in the 18th century, when the technique was finally mastered, that copper-red porcelain was produced in substantial quantity.\r\n\r\nGeorge Salting (1835-1909) was a passionate collector who bequeathed a large number of Chinese ceramics to the V&A. When he bought this vase it was already more than 100 years old. The Chinese had always treasured ancient ceramics, and it was only after the opening up of China to the West after 1840 that antique items became available to collectors. The appearance of these hitherto unknown objects on the British art market inspired potters to create new forms and glazes.","physicalDescription":"Vase of porcelain, bulbous body with long neck, covered in flambé glaze with blue streaks.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"porcelain","id":"AAT10662"}],"techniques":[{"text":"glazing","id":"AAT53914"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Porcelain, with streaked flambé glaze","categories":[{"text":"Ceramics","id":"THES48982"},{"text":"Vases","id":"THES48879"}],"styles":[{"text":"Qianlong","id":"AAT18486"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"EAS","id":"THES48596"},"images":["2006AM6478","2006AM1589"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"125C (VA)","id":"THES49896"},"free":"","case":"CA1","shelf":"","box":"47"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Vase","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Jingdezhen","id":"x32230"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1736-1795","earliest":"1736-01-01","latest":"1795-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"The Salting Bequest","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"15","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"9.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"6","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Dimensions checked: Measured; 17/06/1999 by LH","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Bequeathed by Mr. George Salting, accessioned in 1910. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.\nMade at the Jingdezhen kilns,  Jiangxi Province, China","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Vase, glazed porcelain, China, Jingdezhen, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), 1736-1795\r\n","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"British Galleries:\nCHINESE, FRENCH AND ENGLISH VASES with flambé glazes<br>\nThese brilliant flambé glazes were perfected in China in the 18th century. The effect is created by skilful manipulation of the glaze chemistry and high temperature firing. Interest in reproducing flambé glazes began in about 1855 in France but soon spread across Europe, particularly to England and Germany.  In Britain, the Staffordshire potter Bernard Moore used experimental and highly accomplished red flambé glazes on Chinese-inspired shapes.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}}],"partNumbers":["C.404-1910"],"accessionNumberNum":"404","accessionNumberPrefix":"C","accessionYear":1910,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LP6230","2019LR4774","2019LU1464"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-25","recordCreationDate":"2003-03-27","availableToBook":false}}