Neptune with a dolphin

ca. 1780

Unknown artist

English

William Duesbury

Soft paste porcelain

5 1/2 in. (14 cm)

Diam. base: 6.5 cm

Gift of Martha and Henry Isaacson

76.254

Provenance: Collection of Mr and Mrs Henry and Martha Isaacson, unknown purchase date until 1976; gift from Mr and Mrs Henry and Martha Isaacson to Seattle Art Museum, Washington, 1976

Now on view at the Seattle Art Museum

Resources

Exhibition HistoryOsaka and Hiroshima, Japan, Mitsukoshi Museums, Koimari-Arita Wares and Early European Porcelains, March 6-May 20, 1979; Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Early European Porcelain and Silver: Comparative Forms" July 15, 1980-Aug 31, 1980

Published References"Eighteenth Century English Porcelain: A Special Exhibition," Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, April-May 1956, no. 158.
Koimari-Kakizaemon toji koryuten = Koimari-Arita Wares and Early European Porcelains: 85 Masterpieces from the Martha and Henry Isaacson Collection, the Seattle Art Museum. Tokyo: Mitsukoshi honten, 1979

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