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

Group

ca. 1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure group in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded of a fortune-teller with two children and a lady. They stand under a flowering tree. On the left is the fortune teller and on her back is a child and a boy sits on a tree stump beside her. The lady stands on the right. A spotted dog on the ground. Scrollwork base.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Figure group in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Bow Porcelain Factory, Bow, ca. 1760
Physical description
Figure group in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded of a fortune-teller with two children and a lady. They stand under a flowering tree. On the left is the fortune teller and on her back is a child and a boy sits on a tree stump beside her. The lady stands on the right. A spotted dog on the ground. Scrollwork base.
Dimensions
  • Height: 27.3cm
  • Width: 20.3cm
Credit line
Given by Messrs Stoner and Evans
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.145-1928

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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