Wash basin

Status

Not on view

Datec. 1750

Geography Made - China

Medium/TechniquePorcelain (hard-paste)

DimensionsOverall (H x W x D): 3 5/16 in. x 10 1/2 in. x 10 1/2 in. (8.41 cm x 26.67 cm x 26.67 cm)

Credit LineAcquired through the generosity of Mrs. Randall H. Hagner, Jr., Vice Regent Emerita for the District of Columbia, 2007

Object numberH-4562

DescriptionCircular bowl with an everted rim on a high foot ring, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue. The rim is decorated with a trellis-diaper band. The center of the well features a left-anchored landscape with a hut and two figures conversing. A moon appears at top center and there is a pagoda on the projecting point of land in the background at the upper right. One side of the exterior is a wooded landscape with two figures conversing and mountains in the distance. On the other side is wooded landscape with a pagoda and mountains in the distance. Between these two landscapes is a moon and several flocks of birds above a group of water plants.
Published ReferencesChristie, Manson & Woods International Inc., The Hodroff Collection of Chinese Export Porcelain, 24 January 2007, Sales Catalogue 1794 (New York: Christie's, 2007), Lot # 121.

David S. Howard, The Choice of the Private Trader (London: Zwemmer, 1994), 206. (general reference)

Colin Sheaf and Richard Kilburn, The Hatcher Porcelain Cargoes: The Complete Record (Oxford, England: Phaidon, 1988), 140-141. (general reference)

Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc., The Nanking Cargo April 28-May 2, 1986 (Amsterdam: Christie's, 1986), Lot # 2241.

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