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Figure group (Dutch Merchant or European Family)
1705-1715
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Dehua; Fujian; China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
2000.0061.088
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Leo A. and Doris C. Hodroff
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Object Number
2000.0061.088
Object Name
Figure group (Dutch Merchant or European Family)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Dehua; Fujian; China; Asia
Date
1705-1715
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: White, rounded rectangular paper label with "29" in red numbers
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: White, rectangular paper label with "4111 ILLUST + REF./HOWARD + AYERS-/ OP. CIT. NO. 55/ "CHINESE EXP. PORC."/ ELENOR GORDON P. 90" handwritten in black and blue ink
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: White, rectangular paper label with "EUROPEAN GROUP- 6" WIDE/ RARE DEHUA BLANC DE-/ CHINE + FAMILY OF GOV. DUFF/ FAMILY AROUND TABLE/ SEATED DOG + MONKEY/ 18TH CENTURY 4111" handwritten in black and blue ink
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Merchant
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Molded
Dimensions (inches)
5.63 (H) x 3.465 (W) x 6.26 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
14.3 (H) x 8.8 (W) x 15.9 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Howard, David Sanctuary & Ayers, John. 1978 China for the West.
• Published: p. 94 (Fig. 55)Book: Howard, David Sanctuary. 1994 The Choice of the Private Trader: The Private Market in Chinese Export Porcelain Illustrated from the Hodroff Collection.
• Published: pp. 248-49, (Fig. 294) European Family, Kangxi, c. 1710, Dehua, FujianBook: Howard, David Sanctuary. 1984 New York and the China Trade. 142 p.
• Blanc de Chine (different) figure group with Europeans and with Van Cortlandt family (NY) history: p. 64, no. A6, this version with lions, European couple, and Chinese servant(?).Catalogue: Loesch, Anette, et al. 1998 Porcelain Collection in the Dresden Zwinger: Guide to the Permanent Collection.
• Dehua blanc-de-chine European family with similarly modeled figures in different arrangement: pp. 30-31, 1675-1720, originally Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony coll.Book: Godden, Geoffrey A. 1979 Oriental Export Market Porcelain.
• Dutch family blanc de chine figures illustrated on p.266 and discussed pp. 270-271.Book: Strober, Eva. 2001 La maladie de porcelaine...: East Asian Porcelain from the Collection of Augustus the Strong.
• 1700-1720 figures of Europpean men and woman, different models, from Augustus the Strong collection: pp. 58-59, no. 22, email su biscuit (enameled on biscuit porcealin.)Book: Sargent, William R. 2012 Treasures of Chinese Export Ceramics at the Peabody Essex Museum.
• Figure group on pp.209-210, cat. no. 100.Book: Krohn, Deborah L. & Miller, Peter N. 2009 Dutch New York Between East & West: The World of Margrieta van Varick.
• Very similar group: p. 291, no. 135