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

Vase

ca. 1765-70 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. With openwork handles and applied garlands. Dark blue ground with reserved rococo-scrolled panels, painted on one side with an exotic bird, and on the other with a shepherdess.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Vase of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Bow Porcelain Factory, Bow, ca. 1765-70
Physical description
Vase of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. With openwork handles and applied garlands. Dark blue ground with reserved rococo-scrolled panels, painted on one side with an exotic bird, and on the other with a shepherdess.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
An anchor and dagger (In red)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Object history
Part of a pair with C.176-1935.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.176A-1935

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Record createdJune 17, 2009
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