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Flower container (Vase or urn)
1790-1800
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
1958.2087 A, B
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1958.2087 A, B
Object Name
Flower container (Vase or urn)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Date
1790-1800
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Thrown
- Enameled
- Painted
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
148 (H) x 6.91 (W) x 8.5 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
375 (H) x 17.55 (W) x 21.6 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Howard, David Sanctuary. 1984 New York and the China Trade. 142 p.
• Similar form urns with NY histories: pp. 105-6, no. C44, 15" pair once owned by Mme. Hazan (NY & Montreal); C45, 17" made for NY mayor James Duane; C46 23 1/2" pair with Beekman family association. All dated c. 1800.Book: Lange, Amanda E. 2005 Chinese Export Art at Historic Deerfield.
• Two pair of urns of approximately this shape with different painted and gilt ornament discussed along with American owned examples: pp. 230-31, nos. 91-92, 1790-1810Book: Veiga, Jorge Getulio. 1989 Chinese Export Porcelain in Private Brazilian Collections.
• Polychrome enameled and gilt urn of much the same model, with Brazilian history of ownership: pp. 202-3, pl. 176 and fig. XXVII, with details of dignitary Gabriel Getulio Monteiro de Mendonca (1794-1850).