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Tureen

1736–95
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 718
Chinese export porcelain was one of the luxuries deemed essential to a well-appointed eighteenth-century house. Until 1784, when direct trade began between China and America, Chinese porcelain came to the colonies by way of Europe. This tureen was part of a large service that descended in the Verplanck family of New York.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Tureen
  • Date: 1736–95
  • Geography: Made in China
  • Medium: Porcelain
  • Dimensions: 13 1/8 x 9 x 8 1/2 in. (33.3 x 22.9 x 21.6 cm)
  • Credit Line: Gift of James DeLancey Verplanck and John Bayard Rodgers Verplanck, 1939
  • Object Number: 39.184.37a, b
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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