Object Number 2024.0004

Object Name

Jug and cover (Pitcher and Cover)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase with funds provided by The Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors

Creator (Role)

Cornelis Pronk (Designer)
1691-1759

Place of Origin

Jingdezhen, China, Asia

Secondary Place of Origin

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands, Europe

Secondary Origin Notes

Design by Cornelis Pronk for Dutch East India Company was forwarded from Netherlands to China for reproduction in painted enamels and gilding on porcelain.

Date

1734-1740

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Label; Underside; Red and white oval label, border printed with "THE IRVING & JOYCE WOLF / COLLECTION," with "166" handwritten in black ink in center.
2. Label; Underside; Circular black and white printed sticker with "Polly Latham" within black circle, the center of which includes handwritten black ing "7848"
3. Label; Underside; White rectangular sticker without legible inscription.
4. Label; Underside; Sticker residue from now missing label.
5. Mark; Lid interior; Impressed twice with overlapping edge, the smaller mark appears to be two letters with "R" at the right and a conforming curved surround.
6. Mark; Lid interior; Impressed twice with overlapping edge, the larger mark perhaps features an animal or insect within an irregular circle.

Materials

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

Techniques

Thrown, Molded, Enameled, Gilded, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

12.087 (H) , 8.346 (L) , 6.969 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

30.7 (H) , 21.2 (L) , 17.7 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Sargent, William R. 2012 Treasures of Chinese Export Ceramics at the Peabody Essex Museum.
• Hand-washing fountain attributed to Cornelis Pronk, with similarly painted grasses: pp. 286-88, after 1738. Scene portrays "Hand Washing." Notes may be after a Pronk drawing.