Unknown Artist
Wine Funnel
1699-1799
Scroll
Unknown Artist
Wine Funnel
1699-1799
Physical Qualities
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt and café au lait glaze, 4 1/4 H x 3 1/4 in. diam. (10.8 x 8.3 cm.); 1/2 lb.
Credit Line
Friends of the American Wing Fund
Object Number
2003.36
The upper section is decorated with typical Chinese border patterns in underglaze blue. The lower section of the funnel has a "cafe au lait" colored glaze.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2003; sold Sotheby's, New York January 18, 2003, Lot #807; Charles Perry, Atlanta; sold Christie's, New York, January 19, 1996, Lot #119
Sotheby's Auction Catalogue, New York, Sale #7865, January 18, 2003, Lot #807, p. 16.
Christiaan J. A. Jörg, "Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Ming and Qing Dynasties," London: Philip Wilson Publishers Limited, 1997, no. 297, p. 259, ill. p. 258; for a similar, stockier funnel with rounded side but related decorative ornament, 9.5 cm. H x 7.7 cm. Diam. of rim, first quarter of the 18th century.
Markings: Unmarked
Manufacturer
Unknown Artist
2000-01-01 00:00:00–2000-01-01 00:00:00
