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

Vase

ca. 1715 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of porcelain decorated with applied relief. Inverted pear-shaped with a cylindrical neck. Decorated with two elaborate formal fruit vines separated by two female masks, all in high relief.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain decorated with applied relief
Brief description
Vase of porcelain decorated with applied relief, Meissen porcelain factory, Meissen, ca. 1715.
Physical description
Vase of porcelain decorated with applied relief. Inverted pear-shaped with a cylindrical neck. Decorated with two elaborate formal fruit vines separated by two female masks, all in high relief.
Dimensions
  • Height: 22.9cm
  • Diameter: 14.6cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr Arthur Hurst
Object history
From the period of Johann Friedrich Böttger.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.116-1940

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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