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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Pouring Vessel

1600-1650 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Lisbon (made)
Portugal (made)

Pouring vessel formed as a female monster, tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration in blue.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Drinking
Earthenware
Object type
Pouring vessel
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration
Tin-Glazed Earthenware
Tin Glaze
Brief description
Pouring vessel formed as a monster, tin-glazed earthenware, made in Lisbon, Portugal, ca. 1600-25
Physical description
Pouring vessel formed as a female monster, tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration in blue.
Dimensions
  • Height: 26.5cm
  • Width: 20cm
  • Widest point depth: 135mm
  • Height: 270mm
  • Width: 210mm
conversion size only
Gallery label
Altar vessel formed as a monster Made in Lisbon, Portugal, about 1600-25 Tin-glazed earthenware 1280-1871(23/05/2008)
Bibliographic references
  • See Alexandre Nobre Pais, A Policromia na faianca portuguesa de exportacao do seculo XVII, Revista de Artes Decorativas, no. 1, 2007, pp. 33-64
  • Alexandre Nobre Pais e João Pedro Monteiro: Portuguese Faience in the Carmona e Costa Foundation, Lisbon, 2003, pp. 56-63
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
1280-1871

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
Record URL
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