Advanced Search 
Covered Bowl
Made at: Chantilly Manufactory (France)
French
about 1730–40
Medium/Technique
Tin-glazed soft-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels
Dimensions
Overall (with cover): 15.2 x 21.8 x 19 cm (6 x 8 9/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession Number65.1929a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionBowl and cover. Soft paste. Kakiemon motif of flowers, chrysanthemums and leaves painted on outside in blue, green, red and yellow handles on sides. Japanese motif of fighting cocks inside bowl. Mark: hunting-horn in red.
Marks
hunting horn in iron-red enamel
ProvenanceBy 1948, probably with Jean Nicolier, Paris; June 17, 1948, sold by Jean Nicolier to Forsyth Wickes (b.1876-d.1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 24, 1965)