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Covered Jug
Made at: Chantilly Manufactory (France)
French
about 1735
Medium/Technique
Tin-glazed soft-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels; silver-gilt mounts
Dimensions
Overall (jug): 16.7 x 13.2 x 10.7 cm (6 9/16 x 5 3/16 x 4 3/16 in.)
Overall (stand): 4.1 x 19.8 cm (1 5/8 x 7 13/16 in.)
Overall (stand): 4.1 x 19.8 cm (1 5/8 x 7 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession Number65.1916a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionPear shaped ewer and basin. Cover of ewer mounted chased bronze-doré, and hinged to cover. Decoration in Kakiemon style; dragons, floral and insect. Basin with floral decoration only. Hunting horn mark in red.
Marks
Jug: hunting horn in iron-red enamel.
ProvenanceForsyth Wickes (b.1876-d.1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 24, 1965)