Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.

Covered Vase, "Rich Kakiemon" Pattern

Manufacturer Worcester Porcelain Company (British)

CultureEnglish

Dateca. 1770

MediumPorcelain

DimensionsOverall: 16 in. (40.6 cm)
Base: 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)

InscribedUnderglaze blue fretted square.

Credit LineOn loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise & Henry Clay Hofheimer, II

Object numberL76.60.16

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 112, Case 1

DescriptionSix-sided body ornately decorated on blue "scale" ground with gold foliage designs. Large white ground insets depicting various exotic birds in landscape and in flight. Lid is six-sided with a white knob at the top with gold decoration. Insets on either side depict exotic birds and foliage.

Exhibition History"Reopening of the Joan P. Brock Galleries," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., Opening in March of 2008.