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Jar
1575-1605
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
2000.0061.081
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Leo A. and Doris C. Hodroff
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Object Number
2000.0061.081
Object Name
Jar
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Date
1575-1605
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Black, rounded rectangular paper label with "97" in white numbers
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: White, rectangular paper label with "VASE- MING- 16" HT./ ARMS OF AUGUSTINIAN/ ORDER- 6 PANELS W/ HOUSE/ TOPS- CROWNED EAGLE/ HEADS- ELEPHANTS- BIRDS/ CIRCA 1580 1480" handwriten in black and red ink
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Armorial device
- Medical
- Apothecary
- Pharmacy
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
17.5 (H) x 12.58 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
44.45 (H) x 31.953 (Diam)
Measurement Notes
Diameter measurement calculated from circumference.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Fuchs, Ronald W. & Howard, David Sanctuary. 2005 Made in China: Export Porcelain from the Leo and Doris Hodroff Collection at Winterthur. 208 p.
• Published: pp. 152-53, fig. 97, about 1590.Article: Fuchs, Ronald W. 01//2002 Chinese Export Porcelain from the Leo and Doris Hodroff Collection at Winterthur. Antiques. 200-205.
• Published: pp. 200-201, pl. 1Book: Howard, David Sanctuary. 1994 The Choice of the Private Trader: The Private Market in Chinese Export Porcelain Illustrated from the Hodroff Collection.
• Published: p. 231, fig. 272, c. 1590.Web Site: Grigsby, Leslie B. 03//2021 Winterthur Primer: To Your Health! Medicine, Objects & History. InCollect 2021 https://www.incollect.com/articles/winterthur-primer-to-your-health-medicine-objects-history
• Published: fig. 2Article: Grigsby, Leslie B. 03//2021 Winterthur Primer: To Your Health! Medicine, Objects & History. Antiques and Fine Art. 90-95.
• Published: p. 91, fig. 2Book: Sargent, William R. 2014 Chinese Porcelain in the Conde Collection.
• Jar of similar pattern with details differences: pp. 114-15, no. 24, noting there are at least 12 examples of this jar type and discussing Philippine and Mexican associations with Augustinians, 1590-1635Book: Canepa, Teresa. Christian Images in Chinese Porcelain.
• Very similar jar, presumably from same set: pp. 18-23, no. 1, jar with emblem of Augustinian order, Ming dynasty, Wanli period (1573-1620), c. 1575-90. Probably for monastery in Macao, founded 1589Book: Santos, A. Varela. Portugal in Porcelain from China: 500 Years of Trade. 1.
• Association with Augustinian order for similar jar painted in slightly different style: pp. 222-223, no. 2.06, , c. 1600Book: Sargent, William R. 2012 Treasures of Chinese Export Ceramics at the Peabody Essex Museum.
• Jar of similar pattern: pp.63-64, no. 8.Book: Mudge, Jean McClure. 1986 Chinese Export Porcelain in North America. 300 p.
• Jar of similar pattern with details differences: p. 47, nos. 49-50