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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Tile

1760-1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Decoration: Chinoiserie landscape. Blue, red, green, yellow, manganese-purple and a bianco-sopra-bianco border.
Body: Buff, fine-grained.
Glaze: Lavender.
Surface: Uneven.

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Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Tile, tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours with a Chinese landscape - a 'Chinaman' reclining against a pile of boulders from which grow a tree and plants. In the background are two mountains. England, Bristol, mid 18th century
Physical description
Decoration: Chinoiserie landscape. Blue, red, green, yellow, manganese-purple and a bianco-sopra-bianco border.
Body: Buff, fine-grained.
Glaze: Lavender.
Surface: Uneven.
Dimensions
  • Width: 123mm
  • Thickness: 7mm
Cut down.
Style
Credit line
Given by Mr Oliver Van Oss, in memory of Audrey Van Oss
Object history
Given by Mr Oliver Van Oss in memory of Audrey Van Oss.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Archer, Michael. Delftware: the tin-glazed earthenware of the British Isles. A catalogue of the collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: HMSO, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1997. ISBN 0 11 290499 8
  • Ray Tiles, No: 583 (illustrated).
Other number
N.394 - <U>Delftware</U> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
C.46C-1960

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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