Object Number 1960.0326.035 C

Object Name

Tray

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

Jingdezhen, China, Asia

Date

1830-1840

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Upper surface, center of reserve; Painted in gilded, Roman letters "MAS"

Materials

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

Techniques

Molded, Enameled, Painted, Gilded

Dimensions (inches)

1.732 (H) , 15.728 (L) , 13.15 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

4.4 (H) , 39.95 (L) , 33.4 (W)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Palmer, Arlene. 1976 A Winterthur Guide to Chinese Export Porcelain.
• Published: p. 108
[Book] Howard, David Sanctuary. 1984 New York and the China Trade. 142 p.
• Discussion of ship themed decoration, p. 110, Fig. c60
[Book] Litzenburg, Thomas V. & Bailey, Ann T. 2003 Chinese Export Porcelain in the Reeves Center Collection at Washington and Lee University. 288 p.
• Examples of marine themed Chinese export porcelain, pp. 207-212
[Book] Herbert, Peter & Schiffer, Nancy N. 1980 China for America: Export Porcelain of the 18th and 19th Centuries. 223 p.
• Marine decoration, pp.153-166