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

Bowl

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

Circular bowl of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, and decorated in imitation of Japanese Imari porcelain. With a fluted side and a lobed edge. Decorated with flowering plants with birds, and in a circular scalloped medallion and four outer panels separated by radial blue bands on which are chrysanthemum badges in reserve.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels
Brief description
Bowl of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca. 1770
Physical description
Circular bowl of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, and decorated in imitation of Japanese Imari porcelain. With a fluted side and a lobed edge. Decorated with flowering plants with birds, and in a circular scalloped medallion and four outer panels separated by radial blue bands on which are chrysanthemum badges in reserve.
Dimensions
  • Height: 31.8cm
  • Diameter: 26cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
A fretted square (In blue)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Object history
Formerly in the collection of Mr J.H.H.V. Lane.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.434-1935

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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