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

Jar

ca. 1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jar of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Cylindrical in shape and straight sided. The ground is bleu lapis and vert and the blue is covered with a gold caillouté pattern. Reserved in this ground and edged with gilt scrolls are two medallions containing birds and trees.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Jar of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, painted by Tanart l'aîné, Sèvres porcelain factory, Sèvres, ca. 1760.
Physical description
Jar of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Cylindrical in shape and straight sided. The ground is bleu lapis and vert and the blue is covered with a gold caillouté pattern. Reserved in this ground and edged with gilt scrolls are two medallions containing birds and trees.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9cm
  • Diameter: 8.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Interlaced 'L's (Maker's mark in blue enamel)
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Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr John George Joicey
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.1385-1919

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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