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Flower container (Flower pot)
1800-1805
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
- Cork
Museum Object Number
1963.0967
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1963.0967
Object Name
Flower container (Flower pot)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Date
1800-1805
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Body, exterior, side (twice)
Inscription: Handwritten in gilded, Roman letters "WASHINGTON"
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- George Washington
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
- Cork
Techniques
- Thrown
- Molded
- Gilded
- Enameled
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
5.591 (H) x 8.937 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
14.2 (H) x 22.7 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Beurdeley, Michel. 1962 Chinese Trade Porcelain. 219 p.
• Published: p. 201, cat. no. 220Book: Mudge, Jean McClure. 1981 Chinese Export Porcelain for the American Trade, 1785-1835. 304 p.
• Published: p. 173, Figure 110Book: Fuchs, Ronald W. & Howard, David Sanctuary. 2005 Made in China: Export Porcelain from the Leo and Doris Hodroff Collection at Winterthur. 208 p.
• Cover with similar decoration and owner information, p. 100, pl. 58