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Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	London (made)

The interior has two artemisia leaves with ribbons, one of the 'Eight Precious Things' and repeating formal decoration in blue. The exterior has four birds seated in flowering trees with banded hedges painted in red, yellow, green and blue. The rim is in brownish red.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white and dribbling within the foot-rim.

Object details

Categories	Delftware Ceramics SCRAN
Object type	Bowl
Materials and techniques	Tin-glazed earthenware, painted Earthenware Tin Glaze Glazed Painted
Brief description	Bowl with depictions of birds, trees and shrubs
Physical description	The interior has two artemisia leaves with ribbons, one of the 'Eight Precious Things' and repeating formal decoration in blue. The exterior has four birds seated in flowering trees with banded hedges painted in red, yellow, green and blue. The rim is in brownish red. Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Bluish white and dribbling within the foot-rim.
Dimensions	Height: 17.4cm Diameter: 34.2cm Height: Ht. 17.4 cms (6 7/8 ins).() Diameter: D. 34.2 cms (13 7/16 ins)
Object history	Purchased from Mr A.F. Allbrook, South Kensington, 1951. Exhibited: Porcelain for Palaces, No: 289.
Subjects depicted	Artemisia Leaves Ribbon Bird Tree Hedge
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	F19. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	CIRC.203-1951

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Record created	January 29, 2000
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O21492/bowl-unknown/

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