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

Vase

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

Vase of porcelain painted in blue. Beaker-shaped with a convex-band round the middle, painted with two figures of Chinese ladies in panels bordered by scrolls, diaper-pattern and flowers.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue
Brief description
Vase of porcelain painted in blue, Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca. 1770
Physical description
Vase of porcelain painted in blue. Beaker-shaped with a convex-band round the middle, painted with two figures of Chinese ladies in panels bordered by scrolls, diaper-pattern and flowers.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20cm
  • Diameter: 12.1cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Henry Couling, Esq.
Historical context
From a garniture of five vases
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
For this pattern, see Branyan, French and Sandon, Worcester Blue and White Porcelain, revised edition 1989, cat. I.A.8, where dated ca. 1770
Collection
Accession number
721-1907

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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