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Fruit or lemon basket stand
Meissen porcelain factory
1780-1810
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Meissen porcelain factory (Inspiration for design)
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen or Canton (or Guangzhou); China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
1966.0583 B
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1966.0583 B
Object Name
Fruit or lemon basket stand
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Meissen porcelain factory (Inspiration for design)
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen or Canton (or Guangzhou); China; Asia
Origin Notes
Although this example is unmarked, it needs further study and comparison to 1966.0583 - .0584, 1966.0617, which are of similar form, with baskets marked "MADE IN FRANCE."
Date
1780-1810
Subject(s)
- Flowers
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Hand modeled
- Painted
- Gilded
- Enameled
Dimensions (inches)
14.961 (H) x 6.102 (W) x 8.11 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
38 (H) x 15.5 (W) x 20.6 (L)
Measurement Notes
Measurements are overall, including the basket 1966.0583 A.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Jorg, Christian J.A. 1989 Chinese export porcelain: chine de commande from the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels. 303 p.
• "Saxonian" or "German" floral pattern and relationship to Meissen: p.222Book: Jorg, Christian J.A. 1989 Chinese export porcelain: chine de commande from the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels. 303 p.
• Information on the purchase of similar objects, p. 172Book: Litzenburg, Thomas V. & Bailey, Ann T. 2003 Chinese Export Porcelain in the Reeves Center Collection at Washington and Lee University. 288 p.
• Similar pattern on plate, discussion of decoration: p.71, fig. 34.Book: Le Corbeiller, Clare & Frelinghuysen, Alice Cooney. 2003 Chinese Export Porcelain.
• Similar pattern on plate: p.36Book: Beurdeley, Michel. 1962 Chinese Trade Porcelain. 219 p.
• Similar pattern on tureen: p. 166, cat. 76; discussion of famille rose: p. 30-31.Book: Palmer, Arlene. 1976 A Winterthur Guide to Chinese Export Porcelain.
• Related pieces and design information: p. 52-53Book: Howard, David Sanctuary & Ayers, John. 1978 China for the West.
• Similar form "Chinese lemon basket and stand" with Meissen prototype: vol. II, pp. 563, 566, no. 583, C. 1765Book: 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.
• Similar object, p. 196-197, pl. 96Book: Welsh, Jorge. 2017 Turn of the Sea: Art from the Eastern Trade Routes.
• Blue and white and polychrome enameled examples: pp. 260–65, no. 55 (blue and white), 56 (polychrome), Qing dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-95Book: Jorg, Christian J.A. 1982 Porcelain and the Dutch China Trade.
• Same form fruit stand: p. 172, fig. 86, with arms of Feith family and marriage arms of Cock, Van Merlott and Van Hardenbrock. Ordered by Jan Feith at Batavia c. 1765.