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Vase
Vase, earthenware, thistle-shaped, standing on a spreading foot-rim, bulbous lower body topped by cylindrical sides flaring out to a slightly everted lip-rim; transfer-printed in black with to the upper body two oriental scenes showing oriental buidings and trees standing on outcrops of land in the midst of expanses of water, the lower body transfer-printed with a butterfly, a group of shells, and a bunch of grapes, heart and loop dentil border to the exterior lip-rim, two sprays of flowers and foliage to the interior of the vase, a large chip missing from the rim.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31512
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 11.3
diam
(cm): 9.6
Height
(in): 4
diam
(in): 3
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
transfer-printed
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
earthenware
glaze
Location
In store
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