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Vase

ca. 1750 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of tin-glazed earthenware, painted. Seated Chinese man with a fan and another fishing in an oriental landscape with mountains, rocks, trees and foliage in blue. Body colour: Reddish buff. Glaze: Bluish white, pooling at the mouth with a few pin-holes.
Shape: Slightly concave underside with low foot. (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
Vase of tin-glazed earthenware, painted, probably made by Thomas Cantle, Temple Back pottery, Bristol, ca. 1750
Physical description
Vase of tin-glazed earthenware, painted. Seated Chinese man with a fan and another fishing in an oriental landscape with mountains, rocks, trees and foliage in blue. Body colour: Reddish buff. Glaze: Bluish white, pooling at the mouth with a few pin-holes.
Shape: Slightly concave underside with low foot. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Height: 13.2cm
  • Diameter: 9.1cm
Credit line
Mellor Bequest
Object history
Mellor Bequest, 1963.
Production
Bristol (probably Temple Back, Thomas Cantle)
Subjects depicted
Associated object
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
I18. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.87-1963

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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