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

Tile

ca. 1750-1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Buff-coloured earthenware tile covered with a white slip, with incised decoration glazed in yellow, brown, green and blue. In the middled is a kneeling Chinese figure with a jug and a goblet.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware decorated with slips, incised and glazed
Brief description
Buff-coloured earthenware tile covered with a white slip, with incised decoration glazed in yellow, brown, green and blue. In the middled is a kneeling Chinese figure with a jug and a goblet. From Stolberg. German (probably Marburg), ca. 1750-1770
Physical description
Buff-coloured earthenware tile covered with a white slip, with incised decoration glazed in yellow, brown, green and blue. In the middled is a kneeling Chinese figure with a jug and a goblet.
Dimensions
  • Taken from register width: 2 1/2in
  • Taken from register height: 4 3/4in
Credit line
Bought from the Forrer Collection.
Object history
Originally from Stolberg.
Bought from the Forrer Collection.
Production
Originally from Stolberg.
Bibliographic references
  • Lane, Arthur, A Guide to the Collection of Tiles, London, 1960
  • Schindler, Thomas, Marburger aufgelegte Ware. Dimensionen von Sachkultur, dissertation, Philipps-Universität Marburg, 2006
Collection
Accession number
83D-1902

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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