Staffordshire famille rose vase

An image of Vase. Famille rose. Unidentified Staffordshire factory, England. The bell-shaped body of the vase has an inward curving rim. It is supported on a very short stem with an anulet attached to the conical foot. The exterior is decorated in Chinese famille rose style with an exotic bird and an insect among flowering trees and plants. The inward curving rim has a border of three narrow panels of turquoise and black trellis diaper alternating with three panels enclosing half a pink and yellow flower with six leaves. The foot has a wide border of four lappet-like motifs decorated with formal flowers and foliage. White salt-glazed stoneware, thrown, and painted on the exterior in blue, green, turquoise, yellow, pink, and black enamels. The interior has many pale greyish-brown spots and speckles. 1755-1765. Rococo. Chinoiserie. Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest.

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Vase. Famille rose. Unidentified Staffordshire factory, England. The bell-shaped body of the vase has an inward curving rim. It is supported on a very short stem with an anulet attached to the conical foot. The exterior is decorated in Chinese famille rose style with an exotic bird and an insect among flowering trees and plants. The inward curving rim has a border of three narrow panels of turquoise and black trellis diaper alternating with three panels enclosing half a pink and yellow flower with six leaves. The foot has a wide border of four lappet-like motifs decorated with formal flowers and foliage. White salt-glazed stoneware, thrown, and painted on the exterior in blue, green, turquoise, yellow, pink, and black enamels. The interior has many pale greyish-brown spots and speckles. 1755-1765. Rococo. Chinoiserie. Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest.

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Accession Number: C.105-2015
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 926 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 562.71kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 32/1

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18th Century _WF_Batchelor Chinese Style Chinoiserie conical Early Rococo enamel enamelled English famille rose Fitz_AA floral flowers Georgian glazed Orientalism polychrome Rococo salt-glazed saltglaze Staffordshire Pottery stem stemmed thrown vase

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