- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 2020.27
- People
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Manufactured by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German (founded 1710)
Designed by Johann Joachim Kaendler (1706 - 1775)
- Title
- Tureen
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- c. 1730
- Culture
- German
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/366702
- 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 in polychrome enamels and gold
- Technique
- Mold-made
- Dimensions
- 23.4 cm (9 3/16 in.)
- Provenance
- 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. - Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Timotheus R. Pohl
- Accession Year
- 2020
- Object Number
- 2020.27
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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- Exhibition History
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