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Vase

ca. 1926 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Porcelain vase with painted decoration of a fish and seaweed in blue and gold, and with crackled celadon glaze.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain with painted decoration
Brief description
Vase, porcelain with painted decoration of fish and seaweed and with crackled celadon glaze, designed by Oluf Jensen, manufactured by Royal Copenhagen, Denmark, ca. 1926.
Physical description
Porcelain vase with painted decoration of a fish and seaweed in blue and gold, and with crackled celadon glaze.
Dimensions
  • Height: 24.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • '2770' (Incised)
  • Three wavy lines (Painted in blue)
  • '5012/2770' and '86' (Painted in blue; 5012 refered to the pattern, 2770 refered to the shape.)
Credit line
Given by the maker
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 40 p. ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Accession number
C.118-1931

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Record createdSeptember 25, 2008
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