Sugar Bowl with Cover

Arts of the Americas

1790–1800

Artist unknown (Chinese, made for the American market)
China

This sugar bowl, decorated with an American sailing vessel, is among the many examples of souvenir ware that captains and trade merchants special ordered from the porcelain shops in Canton to commemorate their journeys. The decoration on these pieces is of a more personal character than the average stock porcelain. Motifs for commemorative ware were most often copied from illustrations on mercantile and cargo documentation and thus probably bore little resemblance to the actual vessels.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: Chinese export porcelain
Title: Sugar Bowl with Cover
Place: China (Object made in:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: c. 1790–1800
Medium: Hard-paste porcelain, enamels, and gilding
Dimensions: 14 × 14.9 × 11.3 cm (5 1/2 × 5 7/8 × 4 7/16 in.)
Credit Line: Bequest of Frederick S. Colburn
Reference Number: 1958.217a-b
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Grace S. Fish (1862-1946; born Grace Studebaker; also Mrs. Frederick S. Fish), South Bend, IN, by Jan.1940; to her children, Frederick S. Fish, Jr. and Mrs. Jane Fish Ballard, by Jan. 5, 1940; sold, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, Jan. 5-6, 1940, lot 438 [sales cat.; copy in curatorial object file]. Frederick Standish Colburn (1878–1957), Evanston, IL, by Jan. 29, 1957 [incoming receipt, RX2123, Jan. 29, 1957; copy in curatorial object file]; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1958.

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