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

Vase

ca. 1765 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Pear-shaped body with double rococo handles. Two panels are edged with rococo scrolls and floral sprays and contain pastoral figures in the manner of Watteau reserved against a mazarine-blue ground. Spreading foot with a row of rococo loops in relief.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Vase of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Bow Porcelain Factory, Bow, ca. 1765.
Physical description
Vase of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Pear-shaped body with double rococo handles. Two panels are edged with rococo scrolls and floral sprays and contain pastoral figures in the manner of Watteau reserved against a mazarine-blue ground. Spreading foot with a row of rococo loops in relief.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.9cm
  • Width: 12.7cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr John George Joicey
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.1277-1919

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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