Terms and conditions of use
Vase
(1871-1878)
Medium
porcelain (pâte-sur-pâte)
Measurements
40.0 × 23.5 × 22.5 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
The Dr Robert Wilson Collection. Presented through the NGV Foundation by Dr Robert Wilson, Honorary Life Benefactor, 2001
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
The Classical amphora form of this vase is ornamented with oriental and Japanese-inspired decoration – an example of the Minton manufactory’s ability to elegantly combine form and decoration from distinct cultural sources in one work. It is decorated in the pâte-sur-pâte technique, a method of building up decorative details with layers of slip, perfected at Mintonby Marc-Louis Solon and practised with great success by his student Charles Toft. The decorative aesthetic of the vase,including stylised floral arrangements, a background of formal trellis patterning and the use of the half-sunflower motif on the shoulder all make reference to the Aesthetic Movement.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
Inscription
impressed (vertically) in base c.: MINTONS / 1722
painted in green: C . TOFT
Accession Number
2001.313
Department
International Decorative Arts
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