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Covered jug
Chinese export
about 1810
Object Place: East Asia, China for export
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions
29.2 x 25.1 cm (11 1/2 x 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Margaret Oakley as a gift to the collection of her grandfather, Dudley Leavitt Pickman
Accession Number1997.277a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionHard-paste porcelain with underglaze blue decoration and gilding. Jug has an ovoid body, and a slightly domed lid with a lion finial and an everted rim. Ear-shaped handle is painted in underglaze blue and consists of two crossed straps that terminate in gilded floral sprigs. The underglaze blue decoration on the body consists of Chinese landscapes with pagodas. Bands of cross-hatching in underglaze blue on the rim. Similar decoration on lid.