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Monteith
1710-1720
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
2003.0047.004
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Leo A. and Doris C. Hodroff
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Object Number
2003.0047.004
Object Name
Monteith
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Date
1710-1720
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Blue, rounded rectangular paper label with "42" in white print
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Green and white, circular paper label with "<typed>Leo and Doris Hodroff Collection / <handwritten>2835" in black ink
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: White, rectangular paper label with "MONTIETH [sic] BOWL FOR WINE / GLASSES- 13" DIAM + 8 RIM / LOBES BLUE + WHITE W/ / MYTHOLOGICAL ANIMALS / DECORATED INNER LOBES / CIRCA 1700 2835" handwritten in black and red ink
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: White, rectangular paper label with "2835 REFER + ILLUST / HOWARD + AYRES [sic] / CHINA FOR THE WEST / P. 117- #92" handwritten in black and red ink
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
6.142 (H) x 12.913 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
15.6 (H) x 32.8 (Diam)
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. 128, fig. 79. Dated 1700-1720.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. 190, fig. 218. Dated c. 1715.Book: Le Corbeiller, Clare. 1974 China Trade Porcelain: Patterns of Exchange.
• Closely similar monteith: pp. 36-37, no. 15, English or Dutch market, c. 1715. Discusses history of monteith form.Article: McNab, Jessie. 08//1962 Monteiths: English, American, Continental. Antiques. 156-160.
• General discussion of monteiths in broad range of materials: see cover and p. 176, fig. 4, for somewhat similar Chinese export porcelain example.Book: Sargent, William R. 2012 Treasures of Chinese Export Ceramics at the Peabody Essex Museum.
• Monteith with similar form and style of decoration on pp. 125-126, cat. no. 37.Catalogue: Pook & Pook Inc., Downingtown PA (sales cat.).
• Generally similar monteith form with floral panels sold at auction: October 11-12, 2013, lot 287, with generally similar format to decoration.