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Two-handled bowl (part of a set)

Date:: Chinese porcelain (Wanli period), 1573–1620; English mount, ca. 1585
Culture:: British, London and Chinese
Medium:: Hard-paste porcelain, silver gilt
Dimensions:: H: 5 in. (12.7 cm.) Diam: 9 in. (22.9 cm.) Diam. with handles: 12 1/4 in. (31.1 cm.)
Classification:: Metalwork
Credit Line:: Rogers Fund, 1944
Accession Number:: 44.14.3

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 510

Description

The bright white paste, brilliant blues, and translucency of Chinese porcelain were prized in Europe, where imported examples were often given fine silver mounts to further enhance their value. These mounts are very finely worked by an unidentified silversmith. He was likely to have been trained abroad, possibly in Antwerp.
Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Marking: Marks on silver: (on band above foot, stamped) three trefoils voided within a shaped shield (maker's mark) Marks on porcelain: (outside on bottom, within double circle, in underglaze blue): six characters of the Wan Li period
Provenance

William Cecil, Lord Burghley , Burghley, Northampton, England ; Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter ; William Alleyne Cecil, 3rd Marquis of Exeter ; [ Exeter sale, Christie's, London , June 7–8, 1888, lots 56-59; sold to Agnew ] ; William Agnew (in 1888) ; J. Pierpont Morgan ; J. P. Morgan Jr.
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