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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Vase

ca. 1780-1790 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Urn-shaped with two upright acanthus-leaf scroll handles and supported on a short stem with a circular foot and square plinth. On one side is river scene with figures, and on the other are two young bacchanals with a barrel and a vase in rose camaïeuand gilded.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Vase of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Buen Retiro porcelain factory, Madrid, ca. 1780-1790
Physical description
Vase of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Urn-shaped with two upright acanthus-leaf scroll handles and supported on a short stem with a circular foot and square plinth. On one side is river scene with figures, and on the other are two young bacchanals with a barrel and a vase in rose camaïeuand gilded.
Dimensions
  • Height: 24.4cm
  • Diameter: 18.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
Fleur-de-lys (In blue)
Object history
One of a pair with 892-1875.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
892A-1875

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Record createdApril 27, 2010
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