Vase
1882 (dated)
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Vase of salt-glazed stoneware with incised, painted, moulded and applied decoration. Oviform in shape with a low everted neck. Decorated to represent a pool with rectangular chevrons as stylised waves, painted tadpoles, naturalistic overhanging branches and celadon goldfish as if seen through water.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Salt-glazed stoneware with incised, painted, moulded and applied decoration |
| Brief description | Vase of salt-glazed stoneware with incised, painted, moulded and applied decoration, modelled by Harry Barnard, Doulton Ceramic Factory, London, dated 1882. |
| Physical description | Vase of salt-glazed stoneware with incised, painted, moulded and applied decoration. Oviform in shape with a low everted neck. Decorated to represent a pool with rectangular chevrons as stylised waves, painted tadpoles, naturalistic overhanging branches and celadon goldfish as if seen through water. |
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| Object history | The curious mixture of the decoration representing a pool - with the rectangular chevrons as stylised waves, painted tadpoles, naturalistic overhanging branches and celadon goldfish as if seen through water - is typical of the Japonisme of the period. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Hakenjos, Bernd and Klinge, Ekkart, Europaische Keramik des Jugendstils: modern style, art nouveau, Hetjens-Museum, Dusseldorf, 1974 |
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| Accession number | C.54-1972 |
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| Record created | December 15, 1999 |
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