Vase and Cover
ca. 1764-1770 (made)
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Vase and cover of soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamel colours. Pear-shaped, with domed lid with strawberry knob, on six-footed pedestal picked out in pale blue and pink; two green twig handles. Painted with bunches of flowers and scenes with pseudo-Chinese figures. On the neck and at the foot sprays of flowers in white enamel of formal chrysanthemums in Japanese style.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamel colours |
| Brief description | Vase and cover, soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamel colours, West Pans porcelain factory, Scotland, about 1764-70 |
| Physical description | Vase and cover of soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamel colours. Pear-shaped, with domed lid with strawberry knob, on six-footed pedestal picked out in pale blue and pink; two green twig handles. Painted with bunches of flowers and scenes with pseudo-Chinese figures. On the neck and at the foot sprays of flowers in white enamel of formal chrysanthemums in Japanese style. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Mr Wallace Elliot |
| Object history | London, Sotheby's, 04/12/1929. One of a pair, see also C.88B&C-1938. |
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| Accession number | C.88&A-1938 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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