Flower Bowl
ca. 1700 (made)
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A seated Chinese figure flanked by fences with bushes and foliage in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white and running and pooling extensively below the rim and on the foot.
Shape: The lid is attached to the bowl and has a central hole and twelve smaller ones. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white and running and pooling extensively below the rim and on the foot.
Shape: The lid is attached to the bowl and has a central hole and twelve smaller ones. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted |
| Brief description | Chinese figure seated in a landscape |
| Physical description | A seated Chinese figure flanked by fences with bushes and foliage in blue. Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Bluish white and running and pooling extensively below the rim and on the foot. Shape: The lid is attached to the bowl and has a central hole and twelve smaller ones. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997) |
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| Object history | Purchased from Mr L. Gautier, London, 1925. |
| Production | Probably London (may be Norfolk House) |
| 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 | I4. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.797-1925 |
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| Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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