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On Display: House - du Pont Dining Room
Flower container (Vase or urn)
1795-1805
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
1961.0688.002 A, B
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1961.0688.002 A, B
Object Name
Flower container (Vase or urn)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Date
1795-1805
Subject(s)
- Grapevine
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Enameled
- Painted
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
16.732 (H) x 9.882 (L) x 7.638 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
42.5 (H) x 25.1 (L) x 19.4 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Cooper, Wendy A. 2002 An American Vision: Henry Francis du Pont's Winterthur Museum.
• Published: pp. 157-8, in situ on du Pont Dining Room sideboardBook: 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, 1790-1810Book: Veiga, Jorge Getulio. 1989 Chinese Export Porcelain in Private Brazilian Collections.
• Polychrome enameled and gilt urn of much the same model, with Brazilian history of ownership: pp. 202-3, pl. 176 and fig. XXVII, with details of dignitary Gabriel Getulio Monteiro de Mendonca (1794-1850).