Vase
ca. 1764-68 (made)
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Vase of "mazarin" blue ground, body of amphora-shape with thin elongated neck and foot spreading to a square pedestal-base. The relief decoration consists of swags of grapes and vine-leaves in high relief and heavily gilt, festooning the shoulder of the vase. Two satyr-masks, painted in enamels of natural flesh-tints and wearing gilt chaplets of the vine, are applied at the shoulder; their horns, shaded with purple, arch up to form handles. On the body, insects and leaves in tooled gilding. On foot and neck formal gilt borders.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, with relief decoration gilt and painted in enamels |
| Brief description | Vase, soft-paste porcelain, blue ground with relief decoration gilt and painted in enamels; Chelsea Porcelain factory, England (London), ca. 1764-68 |
| Physical description | Vase of "mazarin" blue ground, body of amphora-shape with thin elongated neck and foot spreading to a square pedestal-base. The relief decoration consists of swags of grapes and vine-leaves in high relief and heavily gilt, festooning the shoulder of the vase. Two satyr-masks, painted in enamels of natural flesh-tints and wearing gilt chaplets of the vine, are applied at the shoulder; their horns, shaded with purple, arch up to form handles. On the body, insects and leaves in tooled gilding. On foot and neck formal gilt borders. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | A gold anchor |
| Credit line | Part of the Arthur James collection bequeathed by his wife |
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| Bibliographic reference | Mallet, J.V.G., 'Chelsea Gold Anchor Vases, I: The Forms', English Ceramic Circle Transactions, Vol.17, Part 1, 1999, p. 147, fig.36 |
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| Accession number | C.78-1948 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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