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Small "Bleu de Hue" dish
Vietnamese
19th century
Object Place: China or Vietnam
Medium/Technique
Ceramic. Porcelain with underglaze blue decoration of bird on branch
Dimensions
Other: 14.3 x 2.2 cm (5 5/8 x 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of John D. Constable
Accession Number2007.403
CollectionsAsia
InscriptionsChinese poem, to be translated.
ProvenanceBy 1948, Ngo Quynh Dieu, Ris-Orangis, Essonne, France; by inheritance to her daughter, Mrs. Nguyen Anh, Hochiminhville, Vietnam [see note 1]; by 1999, given by Mrs. Anh to John Davidson Constable (b. 1927- d. 2016), Sherborn, MA; 2007, gift of John Davidson Constable to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 27, 2007)
NOTES:
[1] At her death Mrs. Ngo Quynh Dieu left her collection of Vietnamese ceramics to her daughter in Vietnam, Mrs. Ahn. Until Mrs. Anh gave part of the collection to John Constable, some pieces remained in the care of Mr. Michelle Becker of Sevres, France.
NOTES:
[1] At her death Mrs. Ngo Quynh Dieu left her collection of Vietnamese ceramics to her daughter in Vietnam, Mrs. Ahn. Until Mrs. Anh gave part of the collection to John Constable, some pieces remained in the care of Mr. Michelle Becker of Sevres, France.