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Bottle
Decorated by: Ignaz Preissler (German, 1676–1741)
Chinese for export and German
about 1715
Object Place: East Asia, China for export
Medium/Technique
Porcelain, with underglaze blue and overglaze iron-red enamel decoration
Dimensions
24.76 cm (9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of R. Thornton Wilson in memory of Florence Ellsworth Wilson
Accession Number1983.83
NOT ON VIEW
DescriptionFrom foot, bulbous shape, fluted; extending into long neck with bulge and flaring lip; chinoiserie decoration in blue and orange with gilt; figures, birds trees. town, scroll and leaf motif.
ProvenanceEx coll. Count von Kolowrat (according to note from donor, 1969).
Count Alexander Joseph Kolowrat-Krakowsky (1886-1927), heir to large estates in Bohemia. Or possibly his parents, Count Leopold Kolowrat and Nadine Baroness von Huppmann-Valbella.
Count Alexander Joseph Kolowrat-Krakowsky (1886-1927), heir to large estates in Bohemia. Or possibly his parents, Count Leopold Kolowrat and Nadine Baroness von Huppmann-Valbella.