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On Display: House - China Hall
Sugar bowl
1786-1795
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
1963.0714.011 A, B
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1963.0714.011 A, B
Object Name
Sugar bowl
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Date
1786-1795
Subject(s)
- Maritime
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Molded
- Painted
- Enameled
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
5.591 (H) x 5.748 (L) x 4.252 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
14.2 (H) x 14.6 (L) x 10.8 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Catalogue: Chan, Libby Lai-Pak & Wan, Nina. 2018 The Dragon and the Eagle: American Traders in China, A Century of Trade from 1784–1900 (exhib. cat.).
• Published: vol. 1, pp. 212-13, no. 2.36; vol. 2, p. 89, fig. 4Book: Cooper, Wendy A. 2002 An American Vision: Henry Francis du Pont's Winterthur Museum.
• Published: pp. 72-3, no. 15 (as part of set), 1786-95Book: Howard, David Sanctuary. 1984 New York and the China Trade. 142 p.
• Discussion of ship themed decoration, p. 110, Fig. c60Book: Litzenburg, Thomas V. & Bailey, Ann T. 2003 Chinese Export Porcelain in the Reeves Center Collection at Washington and Lee University. 288 p.
• Same format ship on wares once owned by Martin Root of Montague, MA: p. 211, dessert plate and sugar bowl, c. 1795Book: Mudge, Jean McClure. 1981 Chinese Export Porcelain for the American Trade, 1785-1835. 304 p.
• Similar pieces ca. 1790-1810: pp. 166-67, figs. 93, 96Book: Godden, Geoffrey A. 1979 Oriental Export Market Porcelain.
• Similarly decorated objects, p. 285, fig. 206Book: Godden, Geoffrey A. 1979 Oriental Export Market Porcelain.
• Similar object, p. 285, fig. 206Book: Herbert, Peter & Schiffer, Nancy N. 1980 China for America: Export Porcelain of the 18th and 19th Centuries. 223 p.
• Marine decoration, pp.153-166