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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Bowl

late 19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bowl of red earthenware covered with a white slip and painted in colours.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Glazed earthenware painted in colours
Brief description
Bowl of red earthenware covered with a white slip and painted in colours. Romanian, made in Oboga in the Oltenia region, late 19th century.
Physical description
Bowl of red earthenware covered with a white slip and painted in colours.
Dimensions
  • Height: 4.4cm
  • Diameter: 19.4cm
Credit line
Given by Major Barbu Slatineanu
Historical context
Note in Register: Extract from letter received from Major Slatineanu - I enclose the list of the plates which have reached you with the names of the regions they came from. As they have been mostly collected by me directly from the peasant which used them sometime ago, I can be nearly sure of their place of origin.
Production
Made in Oboga in the Oltenia region.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.209-1935

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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