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

Figure

1720-1727 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure in hard-paste white-glazed porcelain of Harlequin. He stands with his arms folded, and is wearing a loose tunic and trousers. Flat disc base decorated at the edge with incised concentric circles.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, glazed
Brief description
Figure of hard-paste porcelain of Harlequin, probably Vezzi porcelain factory, Venice, 1720-1727.
Physical description
Figure in hard-paste white-glazed porcelain of Harlequin. He stands with his arms folded, and is wearing a loose tunic and trousers. Flat disc base decorated at the edge with incised concentric circles.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.6cm
Gallery label
HARLEQUIN Porcelain ITALY (PROBABLY VENICE, VEZZI); 1720-7 C.l-1945 (Label draft attributed to John V. G. Mallet, ca. 1995)(ca. 1995)
Credit line
Given by Mr. H. E. Backer
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.1-1945

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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