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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Vase

ca. 1690-1710 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of tin-glazed earthenware, painted. Flowering shrubs, a bird and an insect, with oriental classic scroll motifs above and ju-i lappets alternating with stiff leaves below in blue.
Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Dull white, finely crazed and slightly crawling. Foot-rim wiped virtually clean of glaze.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
Brief description
Vase of tin-glazed earthenware, painted, possibly Brislington pottery, Brislington or London, ca. 1690-1710
Physical description
Vase of tin-glazed earthenware, painted. Flowering shrubs, a bird and an insect, with oriental classic scroll motifs above and ju-i lappets alternating with stiff leaves below in blue.
Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Dull white, finely crazed and slightly crawling. Foot-rim wiped virtually clean of glaze.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.8cm
  • Diameter: 12cm
Height: Ht. 12.8 cms (5 1/16 ins).() Diameter: D. 12 cms (4 3/4 ins)
Object history
Purchased from the Dr. H. W. Diamond Collection, 1887.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Archer, Michael. Delftware: the tin-glazed earthenware of the British Isles. A catalogue of the collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: HMSO, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1997. ISBN 0 11 290499 8
Other number
G7. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
224-1887

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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