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

Vase

ca.1745-1748 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Trumpet-shaped vase of soft-paste porcelain with poor translucency (orange by transmitted light), painted with continuous design of ducks among flowers and leafy branches in underglaze blue, and with lead glaze tinted blue-grey and with much pitting. No marks.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, thrown on a wheel and turned, painted in underglaze cobalt blue, and with lead glaze
Brief description
Vase of soft-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue, Limehouse Porcelain Factory, Limehouse, ca. 1745-1748.
Physical description
Trumpet-shaped vase of soft-paste porcelain with poor translucency (orange by transmitted light), painted with continuous design of ducks among flowers and leafy branches in underglaze blue, and with lead glaze tinted blue-grey and with much pitting. No marks.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.7cm
  • Maximum diameter: 9.5cm
Credit line
Given by Miss Mary Boast from the collection of Charles E. Boast
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.17-2004

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Record createdApril 22, 2004
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