Vase

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

Artist/Maker	Königliche Porzellan Manufaktur Berlin (manufacturers)
Place of origin	Berlin (made)

Porcelain vase of classical shape with Renaissance-style handles in the form of acanthus leaves and acanthus-winged griffins. Painted in a lilac colour with touches of gilding. The central scene shows Vulcan forging weapons for Aeneas, at the request of his mother Venus.

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Categories	Ceramics Porcelain Vases Myths & Legends
Object type	Vase
Materials and techniques	Hard-paste biscuit porcelain, enamelled and gilt Porcelain Enamel Enamelled Gilding
Brief description	Porcelain vase painted in lilac with a scene depicting Venus, Vulcan and Aeneas, with two acanthus leaf and griffin handles, Königliche Porzellan Manufaktur Berlin, pre 1867
Physical description	Porcelain vase of classical shape with Renaissance-style handles in the form of acanthus leaves and acanthus-winged griffins. Painted in a lilac colour with touches of gilding. The central scene shows Vulcan forging weapons for Aeneas, at the request of his mother Venus.
Gallery label	(1987-2006) VASE 942-1869 'American and European Art and Design 1800-1900' The scene depicts Vulcan forging weapons for Aeneas, the founder of Rome, at the request of Venus, his mother. The classical tradition survived relatively unaltered at the Berlin factory because of the persisting influence of the neo-classical architect, Schinkel, and his pupils; it was criticised at the 1855 and 1867 Paris exhibitions. This vase is neo-classical in form and subject, but the handles, with spiky, acanthus-winged griffons are borrowed from Renaissance grotesques. A vase of the same shape but with different decoration was shown at the Paris 1867 Exhibition. Given by the Royal Prussian Porcelain Factory
Credit line	Given by the Royal Prussian Porcelain Factory
Subjects depicted	Acanthus Griffins Vulcan Venus Aeneas
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	942-1869

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Record created	April 12, 2006
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O122989/vase-königliche-porzellan-manufaktur/

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