Curator Ellenor Alcorn on the "Ewer from Burghley House, Lincolnshire."
Explore this object here.
Throughout 2013, The Met invited curators from across the Museum to each talk about one artwork that changed the way they see the world.
How this English porcelain bottle mount embraces China with antiquity
"The whole world is encapsulated in one piece."
2 min. watch
Contributors
Photography by Bruce J. Schwarz
Art Mentioned
A slider containing 1 items.
Press the down key to skip to the last item.
Press the down key to skip to the last item.
British, London mounts and Chinese porcelain
Chinese porcelain 1573– ca. 1585, British mounts ca. 1585