Tureen
- Object Name:
- Tureen
- Object ID:
- 1941.001.08 a-b
- Place of Origin:
- Canton (Guangzhou Province), China
- Date:
- 1780-1800
- Description:
- Tureen with cover. Porcelain, Pagoda. Elongated octagonal tureen with indented corners, set on flaring foot. Pig's-head handles at ends. Similarly shaped and slightly domed cover with foliate finial and narrow horizontal rim, which rests on rim of tureen. Typical underglaze blue Canton river and pagoda scenes and border painted both on cover and on exterior of tureen, obverse and reverse. Interior surface undecorated. Good quality painting in deep blue.
Objects:
A.) Tureen
B.) Cover - Material:
- Ceramic
Porcelain - Dimensions:
- H-4.75 W-6.5 D-4.5 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Margaret H. Jewell
- People:
- Jewell, Margaret H. (1866-1970)
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