Anne Kraus
Chinese Pilgrim Bottle

Chinese Pilgrim Bottle

© Anne Kraus

Chinese Pilgrim Bottle
Chinese Pilgrim Bottle
ArtistAmerican, 1956–2003
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Chinese Pilgrim Bottle
Date1996
MediumPorcelain
DimensionsOverall: 13 1/2 × 8 7/16 × 5 15/16 in. (34.3 × 21.4 × 15.1 cm)
Overall (.A): 12 1/2 × 8 7/16 × 4 in. (31.8 × 21.4 × 10.2 cm)
Overall (.B): 1 × 7 13/16 × 5 15/16 in. (2.5 × 19.8 × 15.1 cm)
Credit LineGarth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection, gift of Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio
Object number2007.923.A,.B
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio; given to MFAH, 2007.
Exhibition History"Anne Kraus," Garth Clark Gallery, New York, 9 April - 4 May 1996.

"Shifting Paradigms in Contemporary Ceramics: The Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 4 March - 3 June, 2012.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Painted on one side of bottle in central image: "In this very clear / water, I find / a reflection / of my homeland." ; At bottom of central image: "I realize that / to find this / homeland again, I / will have to fall / back through / countless dreams"

Painted on opposite side of bottle in central image, in speech bubble: "Have you forgotten / the war you are / fighting with us?"; Marked at bottom of central image: "And I remember / a disjointed search / for some truth - / across battlefields - centuries of battles / and rising and falling / civilizations"; Marked at upper left of central image, in rectangle, writing partially cut off by border: "MAKING MONEY / THRU INNER PEACE"

Painted on underside of tray (.B): [shining leaf]
Signed on underside of both pieces: Anne Kraus

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