Vase
ca. 1740 (made)
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Vase of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and of hexagonal section with the upper part of the body swelling outwards, and with a short flaring neck and spreading base, and decorated with vine-stems with tendrils, leaves, grapes, and amongst them, two squirrels, all applied in relief, and the lower part has been decorated with gilt-centred flowers and foliage reserved in white on a coral-red ground.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Vase of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and of hexagonal section with the upper part of the body swelling outwards, made in Jingdezhen, ca. 1740, and probably decorated in the Netherlands |
| Physical description | Vase of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and of hexagonal section with the upper part of the body swelling outwards, and with a short flaring neck and spreading base, and decorated with vine-stems with tendrils, leaves, grapes, and amongst them, two squirrels, all applied in relief, and the lower part has been decorated with gilt-centred flowers and foliage reserved in white on a coral-red ground. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | One of a pair with 414:45/A-1885 (Sch. I 820A). Acquired as Bow porcelain. The pair was purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Libbis, London, for £4 in June 1873 |
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| Other number | Sch. I 820 - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:45-1885 |
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| Record created | February 16, 2009 |
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