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On Display: House - Centreville Stair Hall
Cover (Sugar bowl cover)
Pleun Pira
1761
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Pleun Pira (Decorator)
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
1968.0751.001
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1968.0751.001
Object Name
Cover (Sugar bowl cover)
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Pleun Pira (Decorator)
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Secondary Place of Origin
Amsterdam; North Holland; Netherlands; Europe
Secondary Origin Notes
Decorated in Netherlands.
Date
1761
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Interior
Inscription: "geschildert een The servies van de Annatomi door Pleun Pira 1761 (A tea service decorated with Anatomy by Pleun Pira 1761)"
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Anatomical illustration
- Medical
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Enameled
- Painted
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
1.457 (H) x 4.252 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
3.7 (H) x 10.8 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Espir, Helen. 2005 European Decoration on Oriental Porcelain, 1700-1830.
• Published: pp. 178-79, no. 29, providing details re theme.Book: Palmer, Arlene. 1976 A Winterthur Guide to Chinese Export Porcelain.
• Published: p. 88Book: Hervouet, Francois, et al. 1986 La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes a Decor Occidental.
• Published: p. 378, no. 16.46Book: Howard, David Sanctuary & Ayers, John. 1978 China for the West.
• Published: p.347-48