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

Vase

1670-1680 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jar of tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue. Globular with a short straight neck and low foot-rim. Round the lip is a lappet border pattern which runs with the glaze. Round the body is an oriental landscape with clouds, houses, palm-trees and foliage among three groups of figures.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue
Brief description
Jar of tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, Delft, 1670-1680.
Physical description
Jar of tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue. Globular with a short straight neck and low foot-rim. Round the lip is a lappet border pattern which runs with the glaze. Round the body is an oriental landscape with clouds, houses, palm-trees and foliage among three groups of figures.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 28.5cm
  • Height: 29.8cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Sir Francis Oppenheimer, K.C.M.G.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.65-1961

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Record createdFebruary 23, 1998
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