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Potpourri jar

ca. 1784-85

German, Höchst

Johann Heinrich Usinger

active 1782

Hard paste porcelain

7 in. (17.8 cm), height

16 in. (40.64 cm), girth

2 15/16 in. (7.46 cm), diameter

Gift of Martha and Henry Isaacson

69.176.2

Provenance: Collection of Mr and Mrs Henry and Martha Isaacson, unknown purchase date until December 1969; gift from Mr and Mrs Henry and Martha Isaacson to Seattle Art Museum, Washington, 1969

Photo: Paul Macapia

Now on view at the Seattle Art Museum

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Porcelain Stories: From China to Europe", February 17, 2000-May 7, 2000 (2/17/2000 - 5/7/2000)

Published ReferencesEmerson, Julie, Jennifer Chen, & Mimi Gardner Gates, "Porcelain Stories, From China to Europe", Seattle Art Museum, 2000, pg. 243

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