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Pistol-Handled Covered Urn

1774-1784

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Pistol-Handled Covered Urn

Pistol-Handled Covered Urn

Pistol-Handled Covered Urn

1774-1784

Physical Qualities Porcelain with overglaze enamel and gilt decoration, 13 x 7 1/2 x 6 in. (33 x 19.1 x 15.2 cm.)
Credit Line Dorothy McIlvain Scott Collection
Object Number 2012.423.2
Made in China for export to the West, these footed urns with distinctive handles replicate a classical Greek funerary urn. The form was first revived by the Italian printmaker and draughtsman Stefano della Bella (1610-1664) for Ferdinand de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. During the 18th century, Chinese export examples of the ancient form (doubtless based on print sources) were popular with Swedish customers. They eventually found favor with American buyers during the Federal period.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 2012; Dorothy McIlvain Scott, Baltimore, by purchase, 1981; James Gallery, Rahns, PA
AMW Reinstallation 2014
American Wing Rotations 2020
American Wing Rotations 2022
American Wing Rotations 2023
American Wing Rotations 2024
American Wing Rotations 2025
On View at the BMA

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