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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Vase

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

Vase of soft-paste porcelain moulded in relief and painted with enamels. Quadrangular with the sides curving outwards as they rise, and being moulded with rosettes in the intervals of a trellis design and painted with bouquets of flowers. Supported on four scroll feet set at the angles with dependent shells in relief between them. Similar ornament reversed forms a border in relief on the rim.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain moulded in relief and painted with enamels
Brief description
Vase of soft-paste porcelain moulded in relief and painted with enamels, Capodimonte porcelain factory, Capo di Monte, ca. 1750
Physical description
Vase of soft-paste porcelain moulded in relief and painted with enamels. Quadrangular with the sides curving outwards as they rise, and being moulded with rosettes in the intervals of a trellis design and painted with bouquets of flowers. Supported on four scroll feet set at the angles with dependent shells in relief between them. Similar ornament reversed forms a border in relief on the rim.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.1cm
  • Width: 12.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
Fleur de lys (In blue)
Credit line
Given by Mr J.H. Fitzhenry
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.20-1910

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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