Vase
ca. 1730-ca. 1740 (made), after 18th century (repaired)
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Lobed vase, soft-paste porcelain, tin-glazed and painted in enamels. Kakiemon style with trees, blossom and plant sprays (asymmetric on one side, and, unusually, symmetrically on the other). The lobed rim has been broken and repaired with a gilt-bronze mount, and a gilt-bronze foot was added at the same time to balance.
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Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, tin-glazed and painted in enamels, with later ormolu mount |
Brief description | Lobed vase, porcelain, tin-glazed and painted in enamels, in Kakiemon style with trees, blossom and plant sprays, Chantilly porcelain factory, France, about 1730-1740 |
Physical description | Lobed vase, soft-paste porcelain, tin-glazed and painted in enamels. Kakiemon style with trees, blossom and plant sprays (asymmetric on one side, and, unusually, symmetrically on the other). The lobed rim has been broken and repaired with a gilt-bronze mount, and a gilt-bronze foot was added at the same time to balance. |
Credit line | Given by J. H. Fitzhenry |
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Accession number | C.399-1909 |
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Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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