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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Vase

ca. 1758-1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Rococo scrolled form with a spreading base. Outlined in maroon purple, and painted with flowering sprays in green, yellow and purple.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels
Brief description
Vase of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, Bow Porcelain Factory, Bow, ca. 1758-1760.
Physical description
Vase of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Rococo scrolled form with a spreading base. Outlined in maroon purple, and painted with flowering sprays in green, yellow and purple.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.4cm
Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Object history
One of a pair with C.980-1924.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Gabszewicz, A and Freeman, G. Bow Porcelain, The Collection formed by Geoffrey Freeman, Lund Humphries, London1982. See fig. 49 for a pair in white porcelain, and fig. 136 for a coloured pair of the same shape with an added upper section adapted as candlesticks.
Collection
Accession number
C.979-1924

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Record createdJune 15, 2009
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