Jingdezhen kilns and Guangzhou enameling workshops
American Market Covered Soup Tureen Decorated with a Sailing Vessel
1799
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- Kiln: Jingdezhen kilns
- Decorator: Guangzhou enameling workshops
American Market Covered Soup Tureen Decorated with a Sailing Vessel
1799
Physical Qualities
Porcelain with overglaze sepia enamels and gold decoration, 10 13/16 × 13 3/4 × 9 7/16 in. (27.5 × 35 × 24 cm.); 7 lbs.
Credit Line
Julius Levy Memorial Fund
Object Number
2007.300
Covered Soup Tureen from the Commodore Stephen Decatur Maritime Service--A ship at full sail at sea decorating each side of the bowl, and on opposite sides of the lid; a wide border of scallop shells and sea grasses around the rim of the bowl and the rim of the lid; two paired and entwined strap handles on the bowl; and a large flower-form finial on the lid; the fine porcelain body decorated with overglaze sepia enamels and gold.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2007; Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Collection installation, "Asia. Asia in the West," Levy Gallery, Baltimore Museum of Art, October 5, 2023-
On View: Levy Gallery 2, Case 10/C