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Vase, miniature
Miniature vase, hard-paste porcelain, urn-shaped form with spreading foot, ovoid body, sloping in at the shoulder to a short neck, moulded acanthus leaves around the shoulder and lower body, modelled masks to either side of the body; finely painted in polychrome enamels with floral festoons around the body, the modelled masks painted in naturalistic enamels, the moulded acanthus leaves picked out in gilt, gilt lines around the foot, shoulder and neck.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 36561
Acquisition
Gift, 9/11/1920
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 10.2
diam
(cm): 6.2
Width
(cm): 8
Height
(in): 4
diam
(in): 2
Width
(in): 3
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
hard-paste porcelain
Location
In store
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