Vase
ca. 1730-1735 (made)
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Vase of hard-paste porcelain. Beaker-shaped, with bulbous lower portion and raised foot. Painted in enamel colours and gold in a famille verte style with birds, chrysanthemums and stylised rocks. On the reverse, a bird and insect in purple-crimson camaieu.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt |
| Brief description | Vase, hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1730-35 |
| Physical description | Vase of hard-paste porcelain. Beaker-shaped, with bulbous lower portion and raised foot. Painted in enamel colours and gold in a famille verte style with birds, chrysanthemums and stylised rocks. On the reverse, a bird and insect in purple-crimson camaieu. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'X' (Incised, probably mark of the thrower Rehschuck (active 1716-39)) |
| Object history | Probably from a set of 'AR' marked vases. |
| Production | Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Honey, W. B. Dresden china: an introduction to the study of Meissen porcelain. London: A. & C. Black, 1934, p. 73.
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| Accession number | C.331-1928 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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