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Borghese, covered vase and pedestal
(c. 1888)
Medium
stoneware (black jasper)
Measurements
(a-c) 80.8 × 29.5 cm diameter (overall)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1889
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Inscription
(a) impressed in inside of base c.r.: WEDGWOOD
impressed in inside of base c.r.: C
impressed in inside of base c.r.: A
(b) impressed (vertically) in base c.l.: WEDGWOOD
Accession Number
248.a-c-D1M
Department
International Decorative Arts
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Dame Carol Colburn-Grigor CBE through Metal Manufactures Limited
Physical description
Campana-shaped vase in black jasper dip based on famous antique marble vase, now in the Louvre. Relief decoration shows Bacchic revellers. Pedestal shape is similar to the 'Homer vase'-D14-1993.