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Vase

ca. 1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of tin-glazed hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Beaker vase form with vertical sides curving out at the neck and base. Section roughly oval evolving into a hexagon at the base and a four-lobed form at the mouth, each lobe being shaped like an ogee arch. On the sides are sprays of flowers painted with enamels and tied by ribbons in gilt. Round the base and the lip are gilt scrolls. The base is edged with blue, and the lip a with crimson line.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Vase of tin-glazed hard-paste porcelain, Doccia porcelain factory, Doccia, ca. 1760.
Physical description
Vase of tin-glazed hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Beaker vase form with vertical sides curving out at the neck and base. Section roughly oval evolving into a hexagon at the base and a four-lobed form at the mouth, each lobe being shaped like an ogee arch. On the sides are sprays of flowers painted with enamels and tied by ribbons in gilt. Round the base and the lip are gilt scrolls. The base is edged with blue, and the lip a with crimson line.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.7cm
Gallery label
(ca. 1995)
Vase (Pair Of Vases)
Tin-glazed porcelain
Mark: '8' on one, in black
ITALY (DOCCIA); about 1770
C.88 & A-1952
(Label draft attributed to John V. G. Mallet, ca. 1995)
Object history
One of a pair with C.88-1952.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.88A-1952

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Record createdSeptember 21, 2009
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