Vase cover

Description

Cover for an oval porcelain vase decorated with the witch Circe poisoning Sylla's bathing water from an edition of Ovid's Metamorphoses published in 1768/69: English, Chelsea - Derby, c. 1771 - 1773

Museum reference

A.1983.1014 A

Collection

Decorative and Applied Art

Object name

Vase cover

Production information

Derby Porcelain Works
Derby, England, Northern Europe

Date

c. 1771 - 1773

Materials

Porcelain

Physical description

Porcelain

Associations

Depicted: Circe
Depicted: Sylla
Ovid
Circe poisoning Sylla

Exhibitions

• Art of Living (08 Jul 2016)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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