Object Number 1958.0137.002 A, B

Object Name

Flower container (Vase or urn)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Franklin B. Benkard

Place of Origin

Jingdezhen, China, Asia

Date

1800-1810

Subjects

American ownership history (foreign manuf); American market (Chinese manufacture)

Materials

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

Techniques

Molded, Enameled, Painted, Gilded

Dimensions (inches)

26.5 (H) , 13.5 (L)

Dimensions (centimeters)

67.31 (H) , 34.29 (L)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Mudge, Jean McClure. 1981 Chinese Export Porcelain for the American Trade, 1785-1835. 304 p.
• Published: p. 179, fig. 123.
[Book] Herbert, Peter & Schiffer, Nancy N. 1980 China for America: Export Porcelain of the 18th and 19th Centuries. 223 p.
• Published: p. 150 with 1958.0137.001
[Book] Howard, David Sanctuary. 1984 New York and the China Trade. 142 p.
• Similar form urns with NY histories: pp. 105-6, no. C44, 15" pair once owned by Mme. Hazan (NY & Montreal); C45, 17" made for NY mayor James Duane; C46 23 1/2" pair with Beekman family association.
[Article] Stroud, Patricia Tyson. 10//2002 Point Breeze: Joseph Bonaparte's American Retreat. Antiques. 130-139.
• Information on Point Breeze and the Bonapartes in America
[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