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

Jar

1660-1680 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Large jar, with continuing scene with two groups of fantastic hyena-like animals, each flanked by groups of Chinese carrying banners and parasols, set in a fantastic oriental landscape with palm trees and other vegetation and stylised clouds. Painted in blue.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration
Brief description
Large jar, tin-glazed earthenware, painted continuing oriental landscape with fantastic hyena-like animals and figures in blue, Delft, 1660-1680
Physical description
Large jar, with continuing scene with two groups of fantastic hyena-like animals, each flanked by groups of Chinese carrying banners and parasols, set in a fantastic oriental landscape with palm trees and other vegetation and stylised clouds. Painted in blue.
Dimensions
  • Height: 16.25in
  • Diameter: 36.8cm
Gallery label
Jar made Delft, Netherlands 1660-80 Tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration C.63-1961 Bequeathed by Sir Francis Oppenheimer(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Sir Francis Oppenheimer
Collection
Accession number
C.63-1961

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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