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  • Bottle and Stand
Date1736–1796
Made inChina
Medium.A Ceramic with gold filigree and turquoise inset .B Ceramic with gold filigree and lapis lazuli inset
DimensionsOverall (assembled): 8 1/2 × 4 1/4 in. (21.6 × 10.8 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Charlene Quitter Thompson
Object number2013.462.A,.B
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
109M Jones Galleries
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Department
Asian Art
Object Type
ProvenanceLibby Johnson Moody, Galveston, Texas; Charlene Q. Thompson, Houston, Texas; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Published References Michael Beurdeley, Guy Raindre, Qing Porcelain: Famille Verte, Famille Rose 1644-1912, New York, 1986, p. 268-271. Emma Bunker, "Gold in the Chinese World: A Cultural Puzzle," Arbus Asiae, Vol. 53, No. 1/2 1993, p.27-50. Gems of Beijing Cultural Relics Series: Work of Decorative Arts, Gold and Silverwares, Beijing, 2004, no. 18-21. Denise P. Leidy, Wai-Fong Anita Siu, and James C.Y. Wyatt, "Decorative Arts," The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New Series, Vol. 55, No. 1, Summer, 1997, p. 1-71. The National Palace Museum, Masterpieces of Chinese Enamel Ware in the National Palace Museum, no. 12,40, 49, p. 114-129. The Shanghai Museum, Kangxi Porcelain Ware from the Shanghai Musuem, Shanghai, 1998, no. 218, p. 247. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
[no inscription]
[not signed]
[no marks]

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