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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Bowl

ca. 1715-1725 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The interior has a table on which is placed three vases of flowers, a carpet and four receptacles. Beside it grow flowers and leaves with a walking bird. Above it are two flying insects and a peacock-like bird turning in flight. The scene is enclosed by a border of foliate ornament, a band of floral sprays and insects and a border just below the rim of flowers, leaves and stalks like classic oriental scroll motifs. The exterior has a band of ju-i scrolls around the foot with above it radiating leaves and ribands. The sides have eight panels containing standing and flying birds and insects around urns of flowers supported on foliate ornament enclosing winged cupids' heads. Between and above the panels are bands of flowers, leaves and classic oriental scrolls. The border around the rim also has grotesque masks alternating with panels containing flowering shrubs growing from mounds, in turn alternating with oriental landscape scenes.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: White and lumpy, barely covering the body in places. The underside within the foot-rim has unglazed areas. A kwaart has almost certainly been used.
Shape: A ridge runs round the exterior some 6 cms below the rim. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
Brief description
Bowl decorated with flowers, leaves, birds and oriental landscapes
Physical description
The interior has a table on which is placed three vases of flowers, a carpet and four receptacles. Beside it grow flowers and leaves with a walking bird. Above it are two flying insects and a peacock-like bird turning in flight. The scene is enclosed by a border of foliate ornament, a band of floral sprays and insects and a border just below the rim of flowers, leaves and stalks like classic oriental scroll motifs. The exterior has a band of ju-i scrolls around the foot with above it radiating leaves and ribands. The sides have eight panels containing standing and flying birds and insects around urns of flowers supported on foliate ornament enclosing winged cupids' heads. Between and above the panels are bands of flowers, leaves and classic oriental scrolls. The border around the rim also has grotesque masks alternating with panels containing flowering shrubs growing from mounds, in turn alternating with oriental landscape scenes.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: White and lumpy, barely covering the body in places. The underside within the foot-rim has unglazed areas. A kwaart has almost certainly been used.
Shape: A ridge runs round the exterior some 6 cms below the rim. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Height: 32.5cm
  • Diameter: 53.3cm
Height: Ht. 32.5 cms (12 3/4ins)() Diameter: D. 53.3 cms (21 ins)
Credit line
Given by Mr Alfred Singer
Object history
Given by Mr Alfred Singer.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • 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
  • Church, p. 138. Rackham and Read, p.64. Honey, p.52.
Other number
F7. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
80-1866

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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