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Tea canister (Tea bottle)
1740-1750
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
1961.0887 A, B
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1961.0887 A, B
Object Name
Tea canister (Tea bottle)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Date
1740-1750
Subject(s)
- Genre scene
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Thrown
- Enameled
- Painted
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
5.157 (H) x 2.992 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
13.1 (H) x 7.6 (Diam)
Measurement Notes
Diameter is of base.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Howard, David Sanctuary. 2003 Chinese Armorial Porcelain. 2.
• Same border, en grisaille, on Powney family armorial service: p. 228, no. L1, Berkshire family ordering three Chinese services, involved in East India Company. Qianlong, c. 1745Book: 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 in cat. no. 19, p. 56.