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Plate
L'urne Mysterieuse
1793-1800
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
1963.0769.002
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1963.0769.002
Object Name
Plate
Title
L'urne Mysterieuse
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Date
1793-1800
Subject(s)
- Monarchs and nobility
- Louis XVI
- Marie Antoinette
- Government
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Enameled
- Painted
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
0.866 (H) x 6.142 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
2.2 (H) x 15.6 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Palmer, Arlene. 1976 A Winterthur Guide to Chinese Export Porcelain.
• Published: p. 86Book: Litzenburg, Thomas V. & Bailey, Ann T. 2003 Chinese Export Porcelain in the Reeves Center Collection at Washington and Lee University. 288 p.
• L'Urn Mysterieuse design discussed, and similar plate: p. 186, no. 182, c. 1795-1800Book: Howard, David Sanctuary. 1994 The Choice of the Private Trader: The Private Market in Chinese Export Porcelain Illustrated from the Hodroff Collection.
• Plate much like Winterthur 1963.0769.002: p. 103, no. 98.Book: Howard, David Sanctuary & Ayers, John. 1978 China for the West.
• Plate much like Winterthur 1963.0769.002: p. 247, no. 242, c. 1795.Book: Phillips, John Goldsmith. 1956 China-Trade Porcelain: An Account of its Historical Background, Manufacture, and Decoration and a Study of the Helena Woolworth McCann Collection. 234 p.
• Same scene on oval dish with different border, print source: pp. 188-89, fig. 57, pl. 90, ,Book: Veiga, Jorge Getulio. 1989 Chinese Export Porcelain in Private Brazilian Collections.
• Chinese export porcelain plate and oval platter with same design and border: pp. 296-7, pls. 272-73Book: Beurdeley, Michel & Raindre, Guy. 1986 Qing Porcelain: Famille Verte, Famille Rose 1644-1912.
• Pair of urn-shaped vases, portraying L'Urne Mysteriuse (The Secret Urn): p. 206, no. 280, late 18th century.Book: Mudge, Jean McClure. 1986 Chinese Export Porcelain in North America. 300 p.
• Chinese export porcelain urn portraying same urn theme: p. 133, no. 200,Catalogue: Mezin, Louis. 2002 Cargaisons de Chine: Porcelaines de la Compagnie des Indes du Musee de Loriant.
• Chinese export dish with monogrammed border and same central theme, additionally showing engraved design source: p. 181, no. 152Book: Brawer, Catharine Coleman. 1992 Chinese Export Porcelain from the Ethel (Mrs. Julius) Liebman and Arthur L. Liebman Porcelain Collection.
• Chinese export plate with seme central reserve but different, "JJBS" monogrammed border: p. 83, no. 58, c. 1795