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Teabowl
Jacobus Houbraken, J. Wandelaar
1740-1745
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Jacobus Houbraken (Design inspiration)
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
2000.0061.065 A
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Leo A. and Doris C. Hodroff
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Object Number
2000.0061.065 A
Object Name
Teabowl
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Jacobus Houbraken (Design inspiration); J. Wandelaar (Design inspiration)
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Date
1740-1745
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Body, exterior
Inscription: Handwritten in reverse in black enamel Roman letters "DE EDEIE GROOT ACHTBARE HEER MIS LIEVE GELLVINCR"
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Off-white, circular paper label with <typed>·RAFI Y. MOTTAHEDEH·/<handwritten>162/c/s/<typed>COLLECTION/162/c/s" in black ink
Type: Label
Location: Interior
Inscription: White, rectangular paper label with "L00.2130.26/a" handwritten in pencil
Type: Label
Location: Interior
Inscription: White, rectangular paper label with "TEABOWL+ SAUCER- 2 3/4"/CHINA EXP. PORTRAIT OF/MR. GEELVINCK WITH/INSCRIPTION- BORDER OF/PEACOCKS- PANELS + FLORA/CIRCA 1760 4536" handwritten in black and red ink
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Armorial device
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Enameled
- Painted
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
1.614 (H) x 2.835 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
4.1 (H) x 7.2 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Howard, David Sanctuary. 1994 The Choice of the Private Trader: The Private Market in Chinese Export Porcelain Illustrated from the Hodroff Collection.
• Published p. 183 (Fig. 210) Dated c. 1760.Book: Howard, David Sanctuary & Ayers, John. 1978 China for the West.
• Published p. 256 (Fig. 251)Book: Kroes, Jochem. 2007 Chinese Armorial Porcelain for the Dutch Market.
• Teabowl and saucer from same Lieve Geelvinck service: pp. 295-96, no. 212, translating inscription as "The Honourable Master of Laws Lieve Geelvink." Much family history provided. c. 1740-45Book: Kroes, Jochem. 2007 Chinese Armorial Porcelain for the Dutch Market.
• Engraving as design source for portrait: pp. 296-297, no. 212b, Portrait is after engraving by J. Houbraken (1698-1780), printed by J. Covens and C. Mortier after painting by J. Wandelaar. Controversial date, 1758?Book: Fuchs, Ronald W. & Howard, David Sanctuary. 2005 Made in China: Export Porcelain from the Leo and Doris Hodroff Collection at Winterthur. 208 p.
• Grisaille discussed: p. 56, no. 19.