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Lidded vase
Made at: Chelsea Manufactory (England, active 1745–1784)
English (London)
about 1760
Medium/Technique
Soft-paste porcelain with colored enamels and gilded decoration
Dimensions
Overall: 31.8 x 17.8 x 17.8 cm (12 1/2 x 7 x 7 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Richard C. Paine
Accession Number30.318a-b
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionHexagonal vase and cover. Each panel painted with Chinese merchants of various occupations, brilliantly painted in various colors. The broad border bands at top and bottom are of iron-red ground with gilded scrollwork and blue leaves. Gilded edges, band and finial.
Inscriptionsunmarked
ProvenanceBy 1921, with Stoner and Evans, London (dealers); by 1924, Alfred E. Hutton [see note 1]. By 1930, Richard C. Paine; 1930, gift of Richard C. Paine. (Accession date: April 3, 1930)
NOTES:
[1] See R. Blunt, ed., "The Cheyne Book of Chelsea China and Pottery," 1925, p. 38, no. 83. At the time of publication, this object was in Alfred E. Hutton's collection.
NOTES:
[1] See R. Blunt, ed., "The Cheyne Book of Chelsea China and Pottery," 1925, p. 38, no. 83. At the time of publication, this object was in Alfred E. Hutton's collection.