c. 1730
Possibly sold [through Sotheby's] [1]; to Ilse Bischoff, Hartland, Vermont, by 1953, [2] bequest; to Timotheus Pohl, Hartland Vermont, December 5, 1990, gift; to Busch-Reisinger Museum, 2020 Notes [1] A handwritten note inside of the tureen indicates it was purchased from Sotheby's [2] The tureen is mentioned and illustrated in an article published by Ilse Bischof in "The Magazine Antiques," in June 1953, at which time it was already in her possession.
3D printed 3mm porcelain and glaze
21st centuryAmericanEnameled porcelain: biscuit porcelain with incised decoration, the principle design elements covered with yellow enamel, the additional designs with aubergine enamel; with spurious(?) underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
17th centuryChineseMetal
18th centuryBritishBrown-glazed ware: light gray stoneware with lustrous dark-brown glaze; with recently associated pewter cover
ChineseMedium gray stoneware
11th-12th centuryKoreanJun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze
11th-12th centuryChineseSlip-painted celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over decoration painted in iron-brown slip. Reportedly recovered near Yŏngsangp'o, South Chŏlla province.
11th-13th centuryKoreanGlass
20th centurySwedishSilver
17th-19th centuryFrenchHigh-tin bronze
8th-9th centuryPersianBlue-green glass
1st-2nd century CERomanWhite ware: glazed porcelain with incised mark reading "Qianlong nian zhi" in seal-script characters on the base
18th centuryChinese