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

Figure

ca. 1765 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of a man playing a lute in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. He is seated on a tree stump covered with flowers and leaves. Rococo scrolled base picked out in blue and gold.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Figure of a man playing a lute in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Bow Porcelain Factory, Bow, ca. 1765
Physical description
Figure of a man playing a lute in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. He is seated on a tree stump covered with flowers and leaves. Rococo scrolled base picked out in blue and gold.
Marks and inscriptions
'L' (In underglaze blue)
Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.713-1925

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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