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Object name(s):
Figure
Brief description:
Chinoiserie figure group representing the sense of Hearing
Collection:
Victoria and Albert Museum
Associated concept:
Porcelain
Associated concept:
Figures & Decorative ceramics
Content - concept:
hearing
Current reproduction location:
https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2006BJ9125/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
Location type:
Thumbnail
Dimension:
Height
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
21.1
Dimension:
Width
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
19.9
Dimension:
Depth
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
10.9
Material:
porcelain
Object name:
Figure
Object number:
C.109-1977
Object production date:
ca. 1752-55
Date - association:
made
Date - earliest / single:
1747-01-01
Date - latest:
1756-12-31
Object production organisation:
Derby Porcelain factory
Organisation's association:
manufacturer
Object production person:
Carlini, Agostino
Person's association:
modeller
Person's biographical note:
original model attributed to
Object production place:
Derby
Place association:
made
Physical description:
Chinoiserie figure group representing the sense of Hearing
Reproduction number:
2006BJ9125
Reproduction number:
2006BD7967
Responsible department/section:
CER
Style:
Chinoiserie
Technique:
glazed
Technique:
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels
Text reason:
Collections online record
Text:
Chinoiserie figure group depicting the sense of Hearing. Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels. Derby; 1740-1750.
Text reason:
Summary description
User's reference:
Reference:
Brunel, George, et al, Pagodes et Dragons: Exotisme et Fantaisie dans l'Europe Rococo, 1720-1770 (Association Paris-Musées: Musée Cernuschi: Paris, 2007)
User's reference:
Reference:
Mallet, J.V.G. 'Agostino Carlini and Dry-Edge Derby' in Walford, Tom and Hilary Young British Ceramic Design, 1600-2002: Papers presented at the colloquium celebrating the 75th anniversary of the English Ceramic Circle, 1927-2002. 2003, p. 54, fig. 25

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/a624218f-44ab-34fa-ab8b-3b1a3e1b520f

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/a624218f-44ab-34fa-ab8b-3b1a3e1b520f, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC

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