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Spoon Tray

Spoon Tray

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Juno and the Peacock is a popular mythological subject on Chinese export porcelain although the design source is unknown. Spoon trays were commonly used until about 1790, even though saucers were provided for tea bowls. The lobed hexagonal shape was indigenous to China.
Artist
Unknown (Chinese)
Title
Spoon Tray
Date
ca. 1740
Medium
Porcelain
Dimensions
4 7/8 x 3 1/8 in. Overall
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Cleaver
Accession No.
1975.150
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]; 1975, 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. 138, no. 111

  • 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

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