Flower container (Vase or urn)

Museum Object Number 1955.0118.003 A, B

Object Name

Flower container (Vase or urn)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

Jingdezhen, China, Asia

Date

1795-1805

Subjects

Grapevine

Materials

Porcelain (hard-paste); Lime (alkaline) glaze

Techniques

Thrown, Molded, Enameled, Painted, Gilded

Dimensions (inches)

13.15 (H) , 8.11 (W) , 6.457 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

33.4 (H) , 20.6 (W) , 16.4 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Lange, Amanda E. 2005 Chinese Export Art at Historic Deerfield.
• Two pair of urns of approximately this shape with different painted and gilt ornament discussed along with American owned examples: pp. 230-31, nos. 91-92, 1790-1810
[Book] Veiga, Jorge Getulio. 1989 Chinese Export Porcelain in Private Brazilian Collections.
• Polychrome enameled and gilt urn of much the same model, with Brazilian history of ownership: pp. 202-3, pl. 176 and fig. XXVII, with details of dignitary Gabriel Getulio Monteiro de Mendonca (1794-1850).