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

Pot Pourri Vase

ca. 1775 (made), 1777-1785 (decorated)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pot-pourri vase of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Inverted bell-shape, flattened, on a pedestal foot and with a pierced shoulder contracting to a lobed mouth. Rocaille relief work, especially on the shoulder. Chintz-pattern ground in crimson on pink, with a circular panel containing turkeys in a landscape on one side. Green, gold and blue pick out the relief work.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels, pierced and gilded
Brief description
Pot-pourri vase of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Ansbach porcelain factory, Ansbach, ca. 1775, decorated in The Hague, 1777-1785.
Physical description
Pot-pourri vase of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Inverted bell-shape, flattened, on a pedestal foot and with a pierced shoulder contracting to a lobed mouth. Rocaille relief work, especially on the shoulder. Chintz-pattern ground in crimson on pink, with a circular panel containing turkeys in a landscape on one side. Green, gold and blue pick out the relief work.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20.9cm
Credit line
J.A. Tulk Bequest
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.47-1956

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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