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Tea canister (Tea bottle)
1790-1800
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
1957.0128.009
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Charles K. Davis
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Object Number
1957.0128.009
Object Name
Tea canister (Tea bottle)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Date
1790-1800
Subject(s)
- Maritime
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Enameled
- Gilded
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
4.803 (H) x 1.772 (W) x 3.425 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
12.2 (H) x 4.5 (W) x 8.7 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Cooper, Wendy A. 2002 An American Vision: Henry Francis du Pont's Winterthur Museum.
• Published: pp. 72-3Book: Howard, David Sanctuary. 1984 New York and the China Trade. 142 p.
• Discussion of ship themed decoration: p. 110, fig. c60Book: Mudge, Jean McClure. 1981 Chinese Export Porcelain for the American Trade, 1785-1835. 304 p.
• Similar pieces: p. 166, fig. 93 and p. 167, fig 96, c. 1790-1810,Book: Godden, Geoffrey A. 1979 Oriental Export Market Porcelain.
• Similar object: p. 285, fig. 206Book: Litzenburg, Thomas V. & Bailey, Ann T. 2003 Chinese Export Porcelain in the Reeves Center Collection at Washington and Lee University. 288 p.
• Miscellaneous marine themed Chinese export porcelain: pp. 207-212Book: Herbert, Peter & Schiffer, Nancy N. 1980 China for America: Export Porcelain of the 18th and 19th Centuries. 223 p.
• Marine decoration: pp.153-166