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Teabowl (Teacup)
1790-1810
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
1958.0135.010 A
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase with funds provided by Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1958.0135.010 A
Object Name
Teabowl (Teacup)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Date
1790-1810
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Exterior, side of teabowl
Inscription: Handwritten in gilded, Roman letters "EXCELSIOR"
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- New York State Coat of Arms
- Armorial device
- American themed ceramics
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Enameled
- Gilded
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
1.969 (H) x 3.465 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
5 (H) x 8.8 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Howard, David Sanctuary. 1984 New York and the China Trade. 142 p.
• Pseudo Arms of New York State examples and history, pgs. 87-94Book: Howard, David Sanctuary. 1984 New York and the China Trade. 142 p.
• Similar piece pg. 87Book: Herbert, Peter & Schiffer, Nancy N. 1980 China for America: Export Porcelain of the 18th and 19th Centuries. 223 p.
• Discussion of NY coat of arms, p. 40Book: Herbert, Peter & Schiffer, Nancy N. 1980 China for America: Export Porcelain of the 18th and 19th Centuries. 223 p.
• Similar piece pg. 40Book: Litzenburg, Thomas V. & Bailey, Ann T. 2003 Chinese Export Porcelain in the Reeves Center Collection at Washington and Lee University. 288 p.
• Discussion of NY coat of arms, p. 145Book: Howard, David Sanctuary & Ayers, John. 1978 China for the West.
• Similar border and central decoration, p. 514 fig. 223Book: Mudge, Jean McClure. 1981 Chinese Export Porcelain for the American Trade, 1785-1835. 304 p.
• Published: p. 170, fig. 103Book: Palmer, Arlene. 1976 A Winterthur Guide to Chinese Export Porcelain.
• Published: Pl.15, p.127.Book: Kerr, Rose & Mengoni, Louisa E. 2011 Chinese Export Ceramics.
• Cream jug with the arms of New York in the V&A collection, p.54, fig.70.