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Jug (Ewer)
1690-1710
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
2001.0015.008.001 A, B
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Leo A. and Doris C. Hodroff
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Object Number
2001.0015.008.001 A, B
Object Name
Jug (Ewer)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Secondary Place of Origin
France; Europe
Secondary Origin Notes
Mounts probably added in France in the late 19th century
Date
1690-1710
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Green and white, circular paper label with "<typed>Leo and Doris Hodroff Collection/ <handwritten>5029" in black ink
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: White, rectangular paper label with "PR. CHICKEN EWERS/+ COVERS- 6" HT/ORMOLU MOUNTED/HEAD FORMING SPOUT/CHICKEN FINIAL/KANGXI 1745 5029" handwritten in black and red ink
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: White, rectangular paper label with "ILLUST + REF 5029/MOTTAHEDEH VOL I/P. 582. GUBBAL COL./R.B. HOBSON VOL V/G.B. WILLIAMSON PL LX" handwritten in black and red ink
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Enameled
- Painted
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
5.906 (H) x 4.646 (W) x 5.945 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
15 (H) x 11.8 (W) x 15.1 (L)
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: p. 144 (Fig. 92) Dated about 1700.Book: Howard, David Sanctuary & Ayers, John. 1978 China for the West.
• Discussion of famille verte: pp. 113-121Book: Castelluccio, Stephanie. 2013 Collecting Chinese and Japanese Porcelain in Pre-Revolutionary Paris.
• Discussion of Chinese famille verte, five-color, and wucai wares: pp. 90-93