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Bottle (Water bottle or guglet)
1740-1760
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
1959.2685
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1959.2685
Object Name
Bottle (Water bottle or guglet)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Date
1740-1760
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Molded
- Enameled
- Painted
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
9.8 (H) x 5.02 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
24.9 (H) x 12.75 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Howard, David Sanctuary. 1994 The Choice of the Private Trader: The Private Market in Chinese Export Porcelain Illustrated from the Hodroff Collection.
• See Figure 240 (p. 206) for a similar form that was salvaged from the wreck of the Geldersmalen, dated c. 1750.Book: Jorg, Christian J.A. 1982 Porcelain and the Dutch China Trade.
• See p. 178 for information on this form (described as 'gorgolets')