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Sugar bowl
1800-1808
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
1966.0570.003 A, B
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1966.0570.003 A, B
Object Name
Sugar bowl
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Date
1800-1808
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside, lid
Inscription: Serrated, circular, yellowed paper label with "2899" handwritten in brown ink
Type: Label
Location: Underside, lid
Inscription: Small, square,, yellowed paper label with a black border and a fish motif with "[typed script] LEK/ [typed Roman]No. [handwritten] 92" in black ink
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Armorial device
- Bishop of Oporto
- Religion associated
- Portuguese market (Chinese manufacture)
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Molded
- Gilded
- Enameled
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
5.354 (H) x 4.567 (W) x 6.024 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
13.6 (H) x 11.6 (W) x 15.3 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Palmer, Arlene. 1976 A Winterthur Guide to Chinese Export Porcelain.
• Published: pp. 106-07Book: Pinto de Matos, Maria Antonia & Kerr, Rose. 2016 Tankards and Mugs: Drinking from Chinese Export Porcelain.
• Two mugs from Bishop of Oporto service: pp. 324-27, no. 153, Qing dynasty, Jiaqing period (1796-1820, c. 1800-1808, with detailed discussion.Book: de Castro, Nuno & Madeira, Ana. 1988 Chinese Porcelain and the Heraldry of the Empire. 266p.
• Information on Dom Antonio de Sao Jose de Castro of Portugal: p. 197Book: Nadler, Daniel. 2001 China to Order: Focusing on the XIXth Century and Surveying Polychrome Export Porcelain, Produced During the Qing Dynasty, 1644-1908.
• Plate from the Bishop of Oporto service with family information: p. 139, no. 151Book: 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.
• Covered bowl and plate from same service: pp. 182-83, pls. 86, 87 (center)Book: Litzenburg, Thomas V. & Bailey, Ann T. 2003 Chinese Export Porcelain in the Reeves Center Collection at Washington and Lee University. 288 p.
• Plate from same service, p. 251, no. 254, arms of D. Frei Antonio de Sao Jose de Castro.Book: Guedes, Rui. 1995 Companhia das Indias Porcelanas.
• Sauceboat from same service: p. 142, Qing dynasty 1780-1810