Vase and Cover thumbnail 1
Vase and Cover thumbnail 2
Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Vase and Cover

ca. 1764-1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase and cover of soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamel colours. Pear-shaped, with domed lid with strawberry knob, on six-footed pedestal picked out in pale blue and pink; two green twig handles. Painted with bunches of flowers and scenes with pseudo-Chinese figures. On the neck and at the foot sprays of flowers in white enamel of formal chrysanthemums in Japanese style.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Vase
  • Cover
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamel colours
Brief description
Vase and cover, soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamel colours, West Pans porcelain factory, Scotland, about 1764-70
Physical description
Vase and cover of soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamel colours. Pear-shaped, with domed lid with strawberry knob, on six-footed pedestal picked out in pale blue and pink; two green twig handles. Painted with bunches of flowers and scenes with pseudo-Chinese figures. On the neck and at the foot sprays of flowers in white enamel of formal chrysanthemums in Japanese style.
Dimensions
  • Height: 27.6cm
Style
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr Wallace Elliot
Object history
London, Sotheby's, 04/12/1929.

One of a pair, see also C.88&A-1938.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.88B&C-1938

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Record createdSeptember 29, 2009
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