Pair of Lidded Bowls – Mounts attributed to Wolfgang Howzer

Mounts attributed to Wolfgang Howzerporcelain about 1650 – 1680; mounts about 1680

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In the early 1700s, English author Daniel Defoe complained that "Queen Mary introduced the custom…of furnishing houses with Chinaware…piling the China upon the Tops of Cabinets, Scritoires, and every Chymney Piece." The greater availability of Chinese and Japanese porcelain from the mid-1600s onwards increased interest in this exotic material. Nobles throughout Europe collected porcelain and created "China Cabinets." In such rooms, walls were completely decorated with ceramics, displayed on brackets, mantelpieces, shelves, and sometimes even on the floor.

Although some members of the British aristocracy collected mounted porcelain, they did not assemble the same quantities as the French did. In 1678 one English duchess took her collection of porcelain to France, where it fetched much higher prices at a sale. This pair of lidded bowls was assembled in London, perhaps for a sophisticated member of the court of Charles II. Recently returned from France, he had developed a taste for these luxurious objects there.

作品介绍

• 标题: Pair of Lidded Bowls
• 创作者: Mounts attributed to Wolfgang Howzer
• 日期: porcelain about 1650 – 1680; mounts about 1680
• 外部链接: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
• 材质: Hard-paste porcelain, underglaze blue decoration with gilt-metal mounts
• Source Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
• Object Type: Bowl
• Object Status: Permanent Collection
• Number: 85.DI.178
• Display Location: Currently on view at: Getty Center, Museum South Pavilion, Gallery S101; Getty Center, Museum South Pavilion, Gallery S103
• Department: Sculpture & Decorative Arts
• Culture: porcelain Chinese or Japanese and mounts English
• Classification: Decorative Arts

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The J. Paul Getty Museum