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Jug (Pitcher)
1770-1785
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
1961.0885 A, B
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1961.0885 A, B
Object Name
Jug (Pitcher)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Date
1770-1785
Subject(s)
- Classical
- Mythological
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Molded
- Enameled
- Painted
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
5 (H)
Dimensions (centimeters)
12.7 (H)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Brawer, Catharine Coleman. 1992 Chinese Export Porcelain from the Ethel (Mrs. Julius) Liebman and Arthur L. Liebman Porcelain Collection.
• Less elegantly painted en grisaille version of same imagery on pair of coffeecups: p. 140, no. 133, though tentatively identified as Minerva and a resting youth, subject possibly is "Achilles and Penthesilia, Queen of the Amazons, who came to the aid of Troy after Hector's death. Achilles fell in love with Penthesilea as he killed her..." European market, c. 1745.Book: Veiga, Jorge Getulio. 1989 Chinese Export Porcelain in Private Brazilian Collections.
• En grisaille plates portraying same theme: pp. 118-119, pls. 87-88, the former identifying the theme as the legend of Mars and Rhea Silvia. A vestal virgian, she seduced by the god Mars and gave birth to the twins Romulus and Remus. Ch'ien lung, c. 1750-60Book: Fuchs, Ronald W. & Howard, David Sanctuary. 2005 Made in China: Export Porcelain from the Leo and Doris Hodroff Collection at Winterthur. 208 p.
• Grisaille discussed: p. 56, no. 19.