CultureChinese
Titles
- Hot-Water Dish
Datec. 1810–1820
Made inChina, Asia
MediumHard-paste porcelain with enamel and gilding
Dimensions2 3/4 × 15 5/8 × 11 in. (7 × 39.7 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase in honor of Ann Lacy Crain by her daughter Lacy Crain
Object numberB.2007.1
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Kilroy Center
On view
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Department
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ProvenanceHelena Woolworth McCann (1878–1938); Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, to benefit the Restricted Endowment for the Purchase of Works of Art; consigned to [Sotheby's, New York, "A Celebration of the English Country House," April 4–5, 2007, lot 243]; purchased by MFAH, 2007.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Painted in red on the underside, a previous accession #(?): "1211.41"
Printed on the ribbon held by the beak of the central eagle: E PLURIBUS UNUM
Labels on the underside:
"729 / 1211.41", "A-KAG / 471.20:53 / 55: 3.60", "(barcode) / 3HTZP / N08301 0243"
Labels on the underside:
"729 / 1211.41", "A-KAG / 471.20:53 / 55: 3.60", "(barcode) / 3HTZP / N08301 0243"
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c. 1810–1820
Hard-paste porcelain with enamel and gilding
B.2007.11.1,.2.A,.B
c. 1680
Porcelain with underglaze blue, red enamel, and gilding (Arita ware, Imari ware)
2012.268.2
c. 1680
Porcelain with underglaze blue, red enamel, and gilding (Arita ware, Imari ware)
2012.268.1