Perfume Holder
1736-1795 (made)
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Perfume holder of porcelain. Spherical and perforated. Painted with overglaze enamels in the famille rose palette with medallions of flowers.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels |
| Brief description | Perfume holder, porcelain painted with overglaze enamels in the famille rose palette, China, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-1795) |
| Physical description | Perfume holder of porcelain. Spherical and perforated. Painted with overglaze enamels in the famille rose palette with medallions of flowers. |
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| Credit line | Salting Bequest |
| Object history | Bequeathed by Mr. George Salting, accessioned in 1910. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project. |
| Production | Register |
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| Bibliographic reference | Bushell, S.W. & W. Laffan. Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese porcelains. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1907, Cat. no. 993. |
| Other number | Loan No. 2725 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.1420-1910 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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