Object Number 1966.0583 A

Object Name

Fruit or lemon basket

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Meissen porcelain factory (Inspiration for design)
1710

Place of Origin

Jingdezhen or Canton (or Guangzhou), China, Asia

Origin Notes

Although this example is unmarked, it needs further study and comparison to 1966.0583 - .0584, 1966.0617, which are of similar form, with baskets marked "MADE IN FRANCE."

Date

1780-1810

Subjects

Flowers

Materials

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

Techniques

Molded, Enameled, Gilded, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

14.961 (H) , 8.11 (L) , 6.102 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

38 (H) , 20.6 (L) , 15.5 (W)

Measurement Notes

Measurements are overall, including the stand 1966.0583 B.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Jorg, Christian J.A. 1989 Chinese export porcelain: chine de commande from the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels. 303 p.
• "Saxonian" or "German" floral pattern and relationship to Meissen: p.222
[Book] Jorg, Christian J.A. 1989 Chinese export porcelain: chine de commande from the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels. 303 p.
• Information on the purchase of similar objects, p. 172
[Book] Litzenburg, Thomas V. & Bailey, Ann T. 2003 Chinese Export Porcelain in the Reeves Center Collection at Washington and Lee University. 288 p.
• Similar pattern on plate, discussion of decoration: p.71, fig. 34.
[Book] Le Corbeiller, Clare & Frelinghuysen, Alice Cooney. 2003 Chinese Export Porcelain.
• Similar pattern on plate: p.36
[Book] Beurdeley, Michel. 1962 Chinese Trade Porcelain. 219 p.
• Similar pattern on tureen: p. 166, cat. 76; discussion of famille rose: p. 30-31.
[Book] Palmer, Arlene. 1976 A Winterthur Guide to Chinese Export Porcelain.
• Related pieces and design information: p. 52-53
[Book] Howard, David Sanctuary & Ayers, John. 1978 China for the West.
• Similar form "Chinese lemon basket and stand" with Meissen prototype: vol. II, pp. 563, 566, no. 583, C. 1765
[Book] Phillips, John Goldsmith. 1956 China-Trade Porcelain: An Account of its Historical Background, Manufacture, and Decoration and a Study of the Helena Woolworth McCann Collection. 234 p.
• Similar object, p. 196-197, pl. 96
[Book] Welsh, Jorge. 2017 Turn of the Sea: Art from the Eastern Trade Routes.
• Blue and white and polychrome enameled examples: pp. 260–65, no. 55 (blue and white), 56 (polychrome), Qing dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-95
[Book] Jorg, Christian J.A. 1982 Porcelain and the Dutch China Trade.
• Same form fruit stand: p. 172, fig. 86, with arms of Feith family and marriage arms of Cock, Van Merlott and Van Hardenbrock. Ordered by Jan Feith at Batavia c. 1765.