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

Vase

1875 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase, imitation of Chinese. Porcelain, with gilt ornament of Chinese emblems and turquoise studs on purple ground.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain with gilt decoration
Brief description
Vase, porcelain with gilt decoration of butterflies, Minton & Co., Stoke-on-Trent, England, 1875.
Physical description
Vase, imitation of Chinese. Porcelain, with gilt ornament of Chinese emblems and turquoise studs on purple ground.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.8cm
  • Diameter: 7.9cm
Object history
Bought (Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia).
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
578-1877

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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