vase
Summary
Public: Vase, hard paste porcelain, moulded foliage and figures in enamel colours and gilt decoration. Private: Vase representing earth and air, hard paste porcelain. Elaborately moulded and pierced rococo form with applied flowers and foliage. At the base a kneeling putto digs into the soil from which grows a strawberry plant; on a rocky ledge at the top stands a birdcage conaining a canary. Circular base, the underside unglazed. Painted in leaf green, sea-green, blue, brown, mauve, puce and yellow enamel colours and gilt.
Object Name
vase
Creators Name
Date Created
c. 1775
accession number
1979.85
Collection Group
Place of creation
Germany
Medium
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