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Vase
Vase, hybrid paste porcelain with a yellowish buff translucency and finely crackled; standing on a straight sided narrow pedestal foot, elongated krater shape body with an everted lip; two handles formed by a disc with beaded moulding (other part broken); one side painted with growing polychrome flowers in the foreground, a vase on a tall pedestal, and a landscape in the distance; other side painted with two large foliate scrolls issuing cornucopiae; lower part of vase painted with a gilt arcaded pattern with alternating anthemion and dotted pendants; gilt bands to the foot rim, below and inside the lip, and gilt handles.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 34255
Measurements
Height
(cm): 13
diam
(cm): 8.6
l(cm) handle to handle:9.4
l(cm)
Height
(in): 5
diam
(in): 3
l(in) handle to handle:3 11/16
l(in)
Techniques
slip-cast
forming
Applied Art
turned
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
hybrid-paste porcelain
enamel
gilding
Location
In store
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