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Tea Bowl and Saucer

Tea Bowl and Saucer

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The central scene has been identified either as the Agony in the Garden with the disciples asleep and Christ standing over them or as a shepherd and sleeping nymphs. The use of gold painted on extensive areas of the composition is a sign of the high quality.
Artist
Unknown (Chinese)
Title
Tea Bowl and Saucer
Date
ca. 1745
Medium
Eggshell porcelain
Dimensions
Tea bowl: diam: 2 3/4 in.; Saucer: diam: 4 1/2 in. overall
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Cleaver
Accession No.
1974.56a-b
Classification
Ceramics
Geography
China

Related

by 1973, Ethel Liebman [mother] and Arthur Liebman [son] (Milwaukee, WI); 1973, Arthur Liebman (Milwaukee, WI) sold to Mr. and Mrs. John C. Cleaver (Milwaukee, WI); September 1973, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Cleaver deposited on long-term loan to the Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art]; 1974, gifted to Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

  • Brawer, Catherine Coleman. "Chinese Export Porcelain." Madison, Wis.: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1992. p. 132, no. 105
  • Elvehjem Art Center. "Bulletin 1974-1975." Madison, WI Elvehjem Art Center, 1976. p. 28
  • Elvehjem Art Center. "Rare Porcelain, European and Oriental Export." Madison, WI: Elvehjem Art Center, 1974. XII, no. 18

  • Chinese Export Porcelain from the Seventeenth to the Nineteenth Centuries: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 4/11/2003–8/29/2005
  • European and Chinese Export Porcelain on Loan and from the Permanent Collection: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 7/16/1983–9/4/1983
  • Chinese Export Porcelain from the Ethel and Arthur Liebman Collection: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 10/21/1979–1/6/1980
  • Rare Porcelain: European and Oriental Export: Elvehjem Art Center, 6/3/1974–8/11/1974

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