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Two Large Covered Jars

Date18th century
MediumHard-paste porcelain with polychrome overglaze
DimensionsH.: 25 in. (63.5 cm), diam.: 14 in. (35.6 cm)
Credit LineHenry Clay Frick Bequest
Accession number1915.8.58
Commentary

Painted with a deep and rich pink ground (famille rose), this jar and its pair, 1915.8.57, feature polychrome chrysanthe­mums and vignettes in reserve. The main panels on both sides of each jar depict an elderly scholar reading a book to a young boy. Flowers, birds, and domestic fowl appear in fan- and ribbon-shaped panels. These decorative motifs derive from pattern books commonly used in eighteenth-century Chinese porcelain factories. Famille rose appeared in the 1730s as a result of the importa­tion from Europe of purple of Cassius (a pigment obtained from gold chloride).

Source: Vignon, Charlotte. The Frick Collection Decorative Arts Handbook. New York: The Frick Collection/Scala, 2015.

Collection History

Duveen, said to have belonged to the Marquis de Voz (or de Vos), Lisbon. J. Pierpont Morgan, London and New York, 1904. Duveen. Frick, 1915.

Source: Porcelains in The Frick Collection: Oriental and French. Volume VII. New York: The Frick Collection, 1974.

On View First Floor, Room 20, Foot of Stairs and Landing
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