Jingdezhen kilns and Guangzhou enameling workshops
American Market Covered Soup Tureen Decorated with a Sailing Vessel
1799-1809
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- Kiln: Jingdezhen kilns
- Decorator: Guangzhou enameling workshops
American Market Covered Soup Tureen Decorated with a Sailing Vessel
1799-1809
Physical Qualities
Porcelain with overglaze sepia enamels and gold decoration, 10 13/16 × 13 3/4 × 9 7/16 in. (27.5 × 35 × 24 cm.); 7 lbs.
Credit Line
Julius Levy Memorial Fund
Object Number
2007.300
Ships were a popular subject on 18th-century Chinese export porcelain, beginning with Dutch ships in the first decades, the British in mid-century, and the U.S. in the late and into the early 19th century. Among the most impressive of porcelain forms exported from China, large tureens like this held soup. Soup was served at many meals, even very formal ones.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2007; Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Collection installation, "Asia. Asia in the West," Levy Gallery, Baltimore Museum of Art, October 5, 2023-
Decorator
Guangzhou enameling workshops
2000–2000
Jiangxi Province
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