Glass cooler (seau à verre)
ca. 1730-40
In the glass cooler, decorative traditions of East and West meet. The influence of dehua wares is seen in the pierced rock with chrysanthemum decoration on porcelain that has been glazed but left in the white. The shape, the bold, reed-like gadrooning, and the grotesque heads forming small handles derive from European metalwork.
Soft paste porcelain
5 x 6 1/8 in. (12.7 x 15.6 cm)
Blanche M. Harnan Ceramic Collection, Gift of Seattle Ceramic Society, Unit 2
65.135
Provenance: Seattle Ceramic Society (Blanche Harnan Collection) acquired from Wm. Lautz, New York City Dealer, 206 East 61st Street, New York, 1965; SAM acquired from Seattle Ceramic Society, September, 1965