Bencharong (Five-Colored) Ware, Covered Jar

19th century

China, for the Thai Market

Status: On View, Gallery 143
Department: Arts of Asia

Title: Bencharong (Five-Colored) Ware, Covered Jar
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.: 1801–1900
Medium: Porcelain painted in overglaze polychrome enamels
Dimensions: Bowl with Lid: 22 × 19.5 cm (8 5/8 × 7 11/16 in.); Bowl: 14.6 × 19.5 cm (5 3/4 × 7 11/16 in.); Lid: 7.4 × 19.5 cm (2 7/8 × 7 11/16 in.)
Credit Line: A. A. Sprague Fund
Reference Number: 1923.582a-b
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C. [probably Charles Fabens Kelley], “Siamese Pottery,” Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago, Vol. 18, No. 2 (Feb. 1924): 23‒24.

Art Institute of Chicago, Siamese Pottery, May–July, 1923.

Commander Theodor Peder Amundsen Ring (1866‒1932), Christiania (present-day Oslo), by 1922; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, June 1923.
Learn more about the history of the Ring acquisition here.

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