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Mortar
Made at: Chantilly Manufactory (France)
French
about 1730–40
Medium/Technique
Tin-glazed soft-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels
Dimensions
Overall: 12.1 x 19.1 cm (4 3/4 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession Number65.1917
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
Description1 of 2 with 65.1918. Soft paste; cylindrical body decorated with Chinoiserie red, blue and yellow dragon and fou dog. Flaring concave lip w/turquoise and orange floral decoration, undulating rim. Small hole with cork plug in bottom. Mark: hunting horn in red.
Marks
hunting horn in iron-red enamel (partially obscured by later-drilled hole)
ProvenanceForsyth Wickes (b.1876-d.1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 24, 1965)