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

Vase

first half of 19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of buff-coloured earthenware with applied and pierced decoration, and painted over in brown. Lenticular body. Decorated on one side with an interlaced designed in relief, and on the other with a dragon in relief surrounded by arabesques partly pierced with five bosses. Long narrow neck and wide oval foot decorated with formal relief designs. A high loop handle rises from a monster's mask on either side of the shoulder.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware applied and pierced, and painted
Brief description
Vase of buff-coloured earthenware applied and pierced, and painted over, Schiller & Gerbing, Podmokly, first half of 19th century
Physical description
Vase of buff-coloured earthenware with applied and pierced decoration, and painted over in brown. Lenticular body. Decorated on one side with an interlaced designed in relief, and on the other with a dragon in relief surrounded by arabesques partly pierced with five bosses. Long narrow neck and wide oval foot decorated with formal relief designs. A high loop handle rises from a monster's mask on either side of the shoulder.
Dimensions
  • Height: 30.8cm
  • Width: 18.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
'S&G' (Impressed)
Credit line
Given by R.H. Ley, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.84-1913

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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