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Glass cooler (seau à verre)
Glass cooler (seau à verre)

Glass cooler (seau à verre)

Dateca. 1730-40
Label TextIn 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.
Object number65.135
ProvenanceSeattle 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
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. 157
Credit LineBlanche M. Harnan Ceramic Collection, Gift of Seattle Ceramic Society, Unit 2
Dimensions5 x 6 1/8 in. (12.7 x 15.6 cm)
MediumSoft paste porcelain
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