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Flower Bowl

ca. 1700 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A seated Chinese figure flanked by fences with bushes and foliage in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white and running and pooling extensively below the rim and on the foot.
Shape: The lid is attached to the bowl and has a central hole and twelve smaller ones. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
Brief description
Chinese figure seated in a landscape
Physical description
A seated Chinese figure flanked by fences with bushes and foliage in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white and running and pooling extensively below the rim and on the foot.
Shape: The lid is attached to the bowl and has a central hole and twelve smaller ones. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.1cm
  • Diameter: 16.7cm
Height: Ht. 10.1 cms (4 ins).() Diameter: D. 16.7 cms (6 5/8 ins)
Object history
Purchased from Mr L. Gautier, London, 1925.
Production
Probably London (may be Norfolk House)
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
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
Other number
I4. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.797-1925

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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