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Flower container (Vase or urn)
1800-1810
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
1958.0137.001 A, B
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Franklin B. Benkard
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Object Number
1958.0137.001 A, B
Object Name
Flower container (Vase or urn)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Date
1800-1810
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Enameled
- Painted
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
26.5 (H) x 13.5 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
67.31 (H) x 34.29 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Mudge, Jean McClure. 1981 Chinese Export Porcelain for the American Trade, 1785-1835. 304 p.
• Published: p. 179, fig. 123.Book: Herbert, Peter & Schiffer, Nancy N. 1980 China for America: Export Porcelain of the 18th and 19th Centuries. 223 p.
• Published: p. 150 with 1958.0137.002Book: Howard, David Sanctuary. 1984 New York and the China Trade. 142 p.
• Similar form urns with NY histories: pp. 105-6, no. C44, 15" pair once owned by Mme. Hazan (NY & Montreal); C45, 17" made for NY mayor James Duane; C46 23 1/2" pair with Beekman family association.Article: Stroud, Patricia Tyson. 10//2002 Point Breeze: Joseph Bonaparte's American Retreat. Antiques. 130-139.
• Information on Point Breeze and the Bonapartes in AmericaBook: Lange, Amanda E. 2005 Chinese Export Art at Historic Deerfield.
• Two pair of urns of approximately this shape with different painted and gilt ornament discussed along with American owned examples: pp. 230-31, nos. 91-92, 1790-1810