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

Bowl

19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bowl of tin-glazed earthenware with lustre decoration and painted in blue. In the centre is an eight-pedalled floral device with two interlacing quatrefoils, which in turn are enclosed within interlacing squares. These geometrical forms are surrounded by three rows of imbricated pattern. The compartments thus made are filled in with floral diaper ornament. Round the edge are four loops. The back is decorated with leafy bands and concentric rings.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware with lustre decoration and painted in blue
Brief description
Bowl of tin-glazed earthenware with lustre decoration and painted in blue, made in La Ceramo, Benicalap, Valencia, Spain, 19th century
Physical description
Bowl of tin-glazed earthenware with lustre decoration and painted in blue. In the centre is an eight-pedalled floral device with two interlacing quatrefoils, which in turn are enclosed within interlacing squares. These geometrical forms are surrounded by three rows of imbricated pattern. The compartments thus made are filled in with floral diaper ornament. Round the edge are four loops. The back is decorated with leafy bands and concentric rings.
Dimensions
  • Width: 47.6cm
  • Height: 12.8cm
Gallery label
Bowl Made in Valencia, Spain 19th century Tin-glazed earthenware with lustre decoration 358-1895(16/07/2008)
Object history
Copying an early lustreware dish now in the Musée Cluny.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Ray, Anthony. Spanish Pottery 1248-1898 : with a catalogue of the collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum London, V&A Publications, 2000
Other number
583 - Spanish pottery, Ray (2000)
Collection
Accession number
358-1895

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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