Fonthill Vase
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The Fonthill Vase, also called the Gaignières-Fonthill Vase after
The vase is an early piece of
After probably arriving in Europe when nearly new, the history of the vase can mostly be documented. Eventually it reached the National Museum of Ireland in 1882,[4][5] and in 2018 was on display in the "Curator's Choice" permanent display at the National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History (Collins Barracks, Dublin).[6]
History
The vase was first part of a collection of
Various subsequent owners are known, such as the
Its silver mounts were removed in the 19th century, and the vase reappeared in 1882 at a sale of Beckford's heirs at Hamilton Palace without its mount,[1][4][7] "and its history had somehow been forgotten".[8] It was bought by the National Museum of Ireland for about £28. It was only in 1959 that Arthur Lane, the ceramics curator of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, reconnected the vase with its earlier history.[9]
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f Victoria and Albert Museum
- ^ ISBN 978-3-03-910538-0, p. 17.
- ^ The Pilgrim Art: Cultures of Porcelain in World History by Robert Finlay p.157
- ^ a b c d e f g Lauren Arnold, Princely Gifts and Papal Treasures: the Franciscan mission to China and its influence on the arts of the West, 1999:133ff
- ^ ISBN 978-3-03-910538-0, p. 18.
- ^ Curator's Choice, NMI
- ^ ISBN 0-300-05167-0p.131
- ^ Fuchs quoted
- ^ Fuchs
Sources
- Fuchs, Ronald W. II, "A History of Chinese Export Porcelain in Ten Objects" (as "Vase", first object), Ceramics in America 2014, Chipstone Foundation (with good photo)
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