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

Vase

early 19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels, moulded and gilded. Neo-classical form with a small pedestal foot and skewed gadroons in relief, separated from the lower body by a moulding with ovolo reliefs. Gadroons in relief on the lower body. Band of Greek fret in gilt relief below the sharp shoulder. Concave shoulder. Narrow spreading mouth with ovolo reliefs on the lip. The gadroons and ovolo are picked out in red and turquoise. Round body with intersecting wavy purple stems with green leaves and red berries, repeated on the neck. Butterflies are painted on the shoulder.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels, moulded and gilded
Brief description
Vase of hard-paste porcelain, Cozzi pottery factory, Venice, early 19th century.
Physical description
Vase of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels, moulded and gilded. Neo-classical form with a small pedestal foot and skewed gadroons in relief, separated from the lower body by a moulding with ovolo reliefs. Gadroons in relief on the lower body. Band of Greek fret in gilt relief below the sharp shoulder. Concave shoulder. Narrow spreading mouth with ovolo reliefs on the lip. The gadroons and ovolo are picked out in red and turquoise. Round body with intersecting wavy purple stems with green leaves and red berries, repeated on the neck. Butterflies are painted on the shoulder.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
An anchor (In red)
Gallery label
Vase PAIR OF VASES Porcelain Mark: an anchor, in red ITALY (VENICE, COZZI); early 19th century J.A. Tulk Bequest C.63 & A-1956 (Label draft attributed to John V. G. Mallet, ca. 1995)(ca. 1995)
Credit line
Bequeathed by J.A. Tulk
Object history
One of a pair with C.63A-1956.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.63-1956

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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