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Triumph of Bacchus, plaque

Triumph of Bacchus, plaque
designed (1790); manufactured (1790s)

Medium
stoneware (blue jasper)

Measurements
15.2 × 51.0 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Mrs Norma Deutsher, Governor, 1994

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Staffordshire, England

Inscription
impressed (vertically) in reverse c.: WEDGWO

Accession Number
D37-1994

Department
International Decorative Arts

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited

Physical description
Rectangular plaque showing a triumphal procession with the god Bacchus on a panther. Design based on a Roman sarcophagus in the Capitoline Museum.