Chimney vase

Dateca. 1760

MediumTin-glazed earthenware (delft)

DimensionsH: 11 5/8"; DIAM (MIDDLE): 9"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1954-133

DescriptionBaluster-shaped vase with spreading base and cylindrical everted neck. Bluish tin glaze decorated in blue with chinoiserie pattern: on the body, large flowering plants, four birds, and two large thin feathers; around the neck, a narrow band of spirals; on the shoulder, a broad band with scalloped edge and alternating panels of small spirals and trellis diaper with reserved containing two men in a sampan and a tree branch, respectively.
Label TextThe London attribution is based on the strong blue color of the decoration and the discovery at Vauxhall Cross of a corner of an octagonal plate with the same diaper pattern, boat, and flowers. For a plate with the same decoration, see CWF accession 1968-763.
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ProvenanceD. M. & P. Manheim, London