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Jug with Lid

A work made of porcelain with enamels and gilding.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of porcelain with enamels and gilding.

Date:

c. 1785

Artist:

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

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of the Americas

Artist

Chinese export porcelain

Title

Jug with Lid

Place

China (Object made in:)

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c. 1785

Medium

Porcelain with enamels and gilding

Inscriptions

Monogram on bottom: "PM"; inscibed recto, middle, on banner "Virtue, Liberty, Independence" [arms of the State of Philadelphia]

Dimensions

23.2 × 15.2 cm (9 1/8 × 6 in.)

Credit Line

Bequest of Frederick S. Colburn

Reference Number

1958.223a-b

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