- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- BR71.227.B
- People
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Manufactured by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German (founded 1710)
- Title
- Saucer with Kakiemon decoration
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 1740
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, Germany, Meissen
- Culture
- German
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/222345
- Location
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Level 1, Room 1510, Modern and Contemporary Art, Disrupt the View: Arlene Shechet at the Harvard Art Museums
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- Medium
- Hard-paste porcelain decorated with polychrome enamels and gold
- Dimensions
- 13.3 cm (5 1/4 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- manufacturer's mark: bottom, overglaze blue: [crossed swords]
- inscription: bottom, red ink: BR1971.227b
- Provenance
- [Ginsburg & Levy, New York], sold; to Dr. Hans Syz, Hartford, Connecticut, 1943, transferred; to Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1971
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Transfer from Dr. Hans Syz
- Accession Year
- 1971
- Object Number
- BR71.227.B
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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- Exhibition History
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