Porcelain Vase with White Background
- DATE:
- 18th century
- MATERIAL AND TECHNIQUE:
- Porcelain
- CLASSIFICATION:
- Containers
- DIMENSIONS:
- 8 3/4 × 7 × 6 in. (22.23 × 17.78 × 15.24 cm)
- DEPARTMENT:
- Decorative Arts and Design
- LOCATION:
- Wendy and Emery Reves Collection - Porcelain , Level 3
- CREDIT LINE:
- Dallas Museum of Art, The Wendy and Emery Reves Collection
- COPYRIGHT:
- Image courtesy Dallas Museum of Art
- OBJECT NUMBER:
- 1985.R.914
General Description
Although its unusual shape is probably copied from Middle Eastern water pipes, or kendi, and they are sometimes described as nursing bottles, colorful porcelains, like this one, may have been bought by Europeans merely as decorative objects. The newly developed famille rose enamel palette is used lavishly on the roll-over lip, shoulders, reserves, and neck. Rose also appears in the unusual striping of the spout and globular sides. Similar striping can be seen on the shell of the wall fountain (see 1985.R.843.A-C), confirming the early date of this bottle and the probability that it was intended for the Portuguese market.
Adapted from
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Dallas Museum of Art, The Wendy and Emery Reves Collection (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art, 1985), 193.
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Label text, Reves Galleries, Porcelain Gallery, 2018
Web Resources
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