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Collection of Oriental porcelain and earthenware

Unknown artist, 618–1842

Earthenware figure of horse, dish, four vases and seven bowls. Two bowls destroyed by fire in 1949 according to 2003 Art Fund audit. These works form part of the Simpson bequest. Many objects from the collection of the late Mr WW Simpson were presented to the Victoria and Albert Museum and British Museum in 1918 through the Art Fund. The remainder of the bequest was stored by the Victoria and Albert Museum during the First World War and then presented to museums in Derby, Nottingham, Bradford and Salford.

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Title of artwork, date

Collection of Oriental porcelain and earthenware, 618–1842

Date supported

1921

Medium and material

Porcelain; earthenware

Gifted by

W W Simpson

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