Vase
ca. 1760 (made)
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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
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| 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. |
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| Gallery label | 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)(ca. 1995) |
| Object history | One of a pair with C.88-1952. |
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| Accession number | C.88A-1952 |
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| Record created | September 21, 2009 |
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