Lidded Pot – Unknown

Unknownporcelain about 1690 – 1700; mounts about 1765 – 1770

该作品的收藏者：

This small porcelain pot once had a handle and spout and would have been used for serving tea or wine in China. When it was imported into France in the mid-1700s, a Parisian merchant called a marchand-mercier adapted the piece from a useful ware into a purely decorative object. He directed a specialized craftsman to make the gilt bronze base and lid and to cast handles formed of leafy scrolls to cover the holes where the porcelain spout and handle once projected. So great was the European passion for Chinese porcelain that enormous quantities of porcelain objects were exported by traders in the 1700s to satisfy increasing demand. The volume of trade was enormous; in 1752, for instance, one ship headed for Europe sank with 223,303 pieces of porcelain on board.

作品介绍

• 标题: Lidded Pot
• 创作日期: porcelain about 1690 – 1700; mounts about 1765 – 1770
• 创作地点: Dehua, China
• 实际尺寸: w18.7 x h25.1 x d15.9 cm
• 类型: Vase
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• 材质: Hard-paste porcelain (blanc de chine); gilt bronze mounts
• artist: Unknown
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该作品收藏于：

The J. Paul Getty Museum