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Artist/Maker	Della Robbia (maker)
Place of origin	Italy (made)

This blue enamelled earthenware vase has a small foot, a spreading lip and two handles in the form of dolphins. Around the swelling body there is a band of interlaced designs with gadroons beneath while the neck is decorated with imbrications and the foot has a band of rope ornament.

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Category	Vases
Object type	Vase
Title	Vase
Materials and techniques	Enamelled earthenware Earthenware Enamelled
Brief description	Vase, enamelled earthenware, dolphin handles, della Robbia ware, Italian, c.1500.
Physical description	Vase of blue enamelled earthenware, with small foot, spreading lip and two dolphin handles; round the swelling body runs a band of interlaced designs, with gadroons beneath; the neck is decorated with imbrications, and the foot with a band of rope ornament. Della Robbia ware.
Dimensions	Height: 11.5in Width: 10.5in
Object history	Bought for £17. 11s.
Subjects depicted	Dolphin Cable Mouldings
Summary	This blue enamelled earthenware vase has a small foot, a spreading lip and two handles in the form of dolphins. Around the swelling body there is a band of interlaced designs with gadroons beneath while the neck is decorated with imbrications and the foot has a band of rope ornament.
Bibliographic references	List of Objects in the Art Division South Kensington Museum acquired during the Year 1894. Arranged according to the dates of acquisition, with appendix and indices. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1895. pp. 35 Gentilini, Giancarlo. I della Robbia. La scultura invetnata nel Rinascimento. Florence. 1992. pp. 221 & p. 270. note 21. List of Objects in the Art Division South Kensington Museum acquired during the Year 1894. Arranged according to the dates of acquisition, with appendix and indices. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1895. pp. 243
Collection	Sculpture Collection
Accession number	244-1894

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Record created	January 12, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O182296/vase-vase-della-robbia/

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