Cream boat
Dateca.1735-40
Label Text"Trade with Japan is little known; the English disdained it after having tried it; the French never attempted it," the Frenchman Pierre Blancard wrote in his manual for conducting business in the East. Nevertheless, Japanese porcelain was available to the French through the ports of Canton and Manila. In 1735, the French crown awarded the factory at Chantilly permission to manufacture porcelain in the Japanese style.
Object number84.97
Photo CreditPhoto: Paul Macapia
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, "Selections Of French Porcelain From The Eighteenth Century European Porcelain Collection Of The Seattle Art Museum", The French Porcelain Society, London, England: June 8, 1990, p. 6.
Emerson, Julie. "Coffee, Tea and Chocolate Wares in the Collection of the Seattle Art Museum." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1991, no. 15, p. 27
Emerson, Julie, Jennifer Chen, & Mimi Gardner Gates, "Porcelain Stories, From China to Europe", Seattle Art Museum, 2000, pg. 162Credit LineGift of Mrs. George W. Stoddard in honor of the museum's 50th year
Dimensions2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm), height
3 15/16 in. (10 cm), width
3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm), length without handle
MediumSoft paste porcelain
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