Hexagonal vases in the Kakiemon style, Chelsea Factory

An image of Pair of Hexagonal Vases. Soft-paste porcelain hexagonal vase and cover, moulded and painted in enamels in Kakiemon style. Height 16.5 cm with cover. Chelsea Porcelain Factory, 1752.

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Pair of Hexagonal Vases. Soft-paste porcelain hexagonal vase and cover, moulded and painted in enamels in Kakiemon style. Height 16.5 cm with cover. Chelsea Porcelain Factory, 1752.

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Accession Number: C.2.2 & A-1975; C.2.1 & A-1975
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Aperture: f/29.0
Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 888 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.3 (Windows)
Filesize: 139.08kB
Exposure time: 1/80
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 29/1
Captured: 2007:07:16 19:31:14

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18th Century Artist/Maker Artistic Movement Chelsea Porcelain Factory Date Department English Fitz_AA Georgian Kakiemon Material Nationalities Object Type Other Keywords Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCtd _WF_batch_15 birds floral flowers hexagonal lidded pair porcelain soft-paste porcelain vase

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