Covered Jar in Gilt-Bronze Mount
mid/late 18th century
Artist
West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G13
Artwork overview
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Medium
porcelain with overglaze famille verte enamel decoration, in gilt-bronze mount
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (without mount): 62.6 x 36.8 cm (24 5/8 x 14 1/2 in.)
overall (with mount): 74.9 x 42.9 cm (29 1/2 x 16 7/8 in.) -
Accession
1942.9.439
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
J. Pierpont Morgan [1837-1913], New York. (Duveen Brothers, New York and London); sold 23 November 1917 to Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from Estate of Peter A. B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener after purchase by funds of the Estate; gift 1942 to NGA.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1942
Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 19.
1980
Lunsingh Scheurleer 1980, 64, fig. 178.
1998
Bower, Virginia, Josephine Hadley Knapp, Stephen Little, and Robert Wilson Torchia. Decorative Arts, Part II: Far Eastern Ceramics and Paintings; Persian and Indian Rugs and Carpets. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1998: 266-267, color repro.
Wikidata ID
Q62268424