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Ceramics, Room 136, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Tureen

ca. 1750 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tureen with lid and dish, porcelain, decorated with overglaze enamels in the famille verte and famille rose palette and gilding. The famille verte decoration is very much of the Kangxi style, but the shape was derived from French silver.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Tureen
  • Lid
  • Dish
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels and gilt
Brief description
Tureen with lid and dish, porcelain painted in overglaze enamels and gilt; China (Jingdezhen), Qing dynasty, ca. 1750
Physical description
Tureen with lid and dish, porcelain, decorated with overglaze enamels in the famille verte and famille rose palette and gilding. The famille verte decoration is very much of the Kangxi style, but the shape was derived from French silver.
Styles
Credit line
Bequeathed by Miss Maud Ochs
Production
Register
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Dennis, Faith. Three Centuries of French Domestic Silver, New York, 1960, no. 200.
  • Fourest, Henry Pierre. L'oeuvre des faienciers francais, Paris: Hachette, 1966, p. 153
  • Le Corbeiller, Clare. China Trade Porcelain, New York: Chinese Institute in America, 1974, no. 23.
  • Kerr, Rose and Luisa E. Mengoni Chinese Export Ceramics London: V&A Publishing, 2011, pp.33-34, pl.35
  • Gay-Mazuel, Audrey, Le biscuit et la glaçure: Collections du musée de la Céramique de Rouen, Rouen, 2012, p. 168
Collection
Accession number
FE.20:1 to 3-1991

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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