Vase
ca. 1760-65 (made)
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Vase or bottle of soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze and with applied decoration. Ovoid shape with a long-neck, and the neck has a bulge below the rim, which is slightly out-turned. Wedge-shaped foot rim. Decorated with four descending chains of flowers and leaves applied in high relief. These curve inwards towards each other at the bottom. Horizontal bands of flower-heads round the lip, above and below the bulge in the neck and round the foot. On the front is painted a figure in a landscape with a castle in the background. A large butterfly is above his head. On the reverse are figures of two Chinese sages below the branch of a tree. There are sprays of flowers painted on the sides and sprigs on the bulge of the neck.
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Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze and with applied decoration |
Brief description | Vase or bottle of soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze and with applied decoration, Bow Porcelain Factory, Bow, ca. 1760-65 |
Physical description | Vase or bottle of soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze and with applied decoration. Ovoid shape with a long-neck, and the neck has a bulge below the rim, which is slightly out-turned. Wedge-shaped foot rim. Decorated with four descending chains of flowers and leaves applied in high relief. These curve inwards towards each other at the bottom. Horizontal bands of flower-heads round the lip, above and below the bulge in the neck and round the foot. On the front is painted a figure in a landscape with a castle in the background. A large butterfly is above his head. On the reverse are figures of two Chinese sages below the branch of a tree. There are sprays of flowers painted on the sides and sprigs on the bulge of the neck. |
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Object history | One of a pair with C.15-1975. Probably formely collection of Dr John Ainslie (see References) |
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Accession number | C.15A-1975 |
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Record created | January 25, 2010 |
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