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Jar

1889

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Jar

1889

Physical Qualities "Lotus Ware" bone china, Part A: 6 3/8 x 6 3/8 x 4 3/8 in. (16.2 x 16.2 x 11.1 cm) Part B: 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 x 2 7/8 in. (8.3 x 8.3 x 7.3 cm)
Credit Line Albert H. Cousins Memorial Fund
Object Number 2003.132
Islamic-inspired, spherical, white bone china jar-like body, consisting of double-wall construction affording fourteen full-length openwork, compartmentalized ribs, separated by applied beadwork of graduating size . Neck ornamented with twenty-three applied knobs, below which is a circle of smaller beadwork. Openwork lid has a crown-form finial, which has been professionally reattached.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2003; Jill Fenichell, Inc./Antique Porcelain, 1760-1930
Frelinghuysen, Alice Cooney. American Porcelain, 1770-1920 (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Harry N. Abrams, 1989) pp. 214-215.

Markings: Stamped underneath base in green underglaze "K.T.K./LOTUS WARE"

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