Covered Jar in Gilt-Bronze Mount, mid/late 18th century

West Building, Ground Floor - Gallery 13

Medium

porcelain with overglaze famille verte enamel decoration, in gilt-bronze mount

Dimensions

overall (without mount): 62.9 x 36.2 cm (24 3/4 x 14 1/4 in.)
overall (with mount): 75.6 x 42.9 cm (29 3/4 x 16 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Widener Collection

Accession Number

1942.9.440

Artists / Makers

Chinese Qing Dynasty (artist)

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Provenance

J. Pierpont Morgan [1837-1913], New York. (Duveen Brothers, New York and London); by whom sold 23 November 1917 to Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from the Estate of Peter A. B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener after purchase by funds of the Estate.

Associated Names

Duveen Brothers, Inc.
Morgan, Sr., J. Pierpont
Widener, Joseph E.

Technical Summary

Both jar and mount are in good condition.

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.