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

Vase

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

Vase of brown stoneware with a streaked and mottled crimson and blue lustred glaze. Inverted pear-shape with a contracted neck. On the upper part is the setting sun in crimson and brown, and below are tree trunks and ducks in brown and grey on a dark cloudy blue lustred ground.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware with a streaked and mottled crimson and blue lustred glaze
Brief description
Vase of brown stoneware with a streaked and mottled lustred glaze, Zsolnay Ceramic Works, Pécs, late 19th century
Physical description
Vase of brown stoneware with a streaked and mottled crimson and blue lustred glaze. Inverted pear-shape with a contracted neck. On the upper part is the setting sun in crimson and brown, and below are tree trunks and ducks in brown and grey on a dark cloudy blue lustred ground.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.4cm
  • Diameter: 7.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
Five stylised church towers and 'Zsolnay Pecs' (In yellow lustre on a crimson glaze.)
Credit line
Given by Herman Hart, Esq. in memory of his wife
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.963-1917

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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