Vase
ca. 1760 (made)
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Vase of tin-glazed hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Beaker vase form with vertical sides curving out at the neck and base. Section roughly oval evolving into a hexagon at the base and a four-lobed form at the mouth, each lobe being shaped like an ogee arch. On the sides are sprays of flowers painted with enamels and tied by ribbons in gilt. Round the base and the lip are gilt scrolls. The base is edged with blue, and the lip a with crimson line.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Vase of tin-glazed hard-paste porcelain, Doccia porcelain factory, Doccia, ca. 1760. |
| Physical description | Vase of tin-glazed hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Beaker vase form with vertical sides curving out at the neck and base. Section roughly oval evolving into a hexagon at the base and a four-lobed form at the mouth, each lobe being shaped like an ogee arch. On the sides are sprays of flowers painted with enamels and tied by ribbons in gilt. Round the base and the lip are gilt scrolls. The base is edged with blue, and the lip a with crimson line. |
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| Object history | One of a pair with C.88A-1952. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Frescobaldi Malenchini, Livia ed. With Balleri, Rita and Rucellai, Oliva, ‘Amici di Doccia Quaderni, Numero VII, 2013, The Victoria and Albert Museum Collection’, Edizioni Polistampa, Firenze, 2014
p. 101, Cat. 84
84. Pair of flower vases decorated with
little bouquets of flowers
circa 1760
hard-paste porcelain with tin-glaze painted in
colours and gold
h 19,7
no mark
inv. C.88&A-1952
purchase: Landsborough Ltd., £ 38
The shape of these vases is of oriental origin. They were often sold in pairs. At Doccia they were produced in both maiolica and porcelain (MOORE 2007, p. 90, fig. 17). The version in porcelain was plain white, decorated with these little bouquets of flowers (Museo di Doccia, invv. 3922-3923, 3958-
3959) or with flowering vines in relief (IMPORTANTI PORCELLANE E MAIOLICHE 2007, lot 234, p. 98). They are normally identified as “vasi a cannello” (tube vases) as listed in a factory inventory in 1758 (A. d’Agliano, in ITALIAN PORCELAIN 2013, cat. 84, p. 181). It is interesting to note that the inside and the back of the hexagonal base show the imprint of a fabric; the raw clay was probably spread on this fabric before cutting the shape. The tube that makes up the walls of the vase, however, was cast in a mould. The decoration of these two vases with gold rims and volutes and six carefully painted bouquets on each vase, is exceptionally ornate.
O.R.
Bibliography: unpublished |
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| Accession number | C.88-1952 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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