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Name of Object:

Alhambra vase

Location:

London, United Kingdom

Holding Institution:

Victoria and Albert Museum

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Date of Object:

c.1862 (made)

Author:

Joseph-Théodore Deck (1823-1891)

Inventory Number:

18-1865

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Earthenware, inlaid with coloured clays and, possibly, painted

Dimensions:

Height: 107.0 cm, Width: 51.0 cm, Depth: 48.0 cm, Weight: 28.5 kg

Provenance:

France, Paris

Description:

The Alhambra, the palace and fortress of the Moorish Kings of Granada, Spain, was founded in 1248 and largely completed by 1354. After three hundred years of neglect and destruction, restoration work began in 1828. Its sumptuous architecture excited a great deal of interest, dissemninated most notably by the Plans, Details and Sections of the Alhambra published by Owen Jones from 1836. Of the original furnishings of the Palace, some vases survive. The most famous was made before 1400 and is here copied relatively accurately by Deck. This vase was probably shown in the International Exhibition, London, 1862.

Citation of this web page:

Victoria and Albert Museum "Alhambra vase" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;uk;154;en;N

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MWNF Working Number: UK 154

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