Porcelain through the ages, from the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Click on the links below for photographs, more information and location in the museum for many of the objects shown. At the time this video was made, all of the objects were either on view or scheduled to be on view when the new early American galleries will open in spring 2021.
Music: brysonkempmusic.com
CHINESE PORCELAIN
Octagonal Jar with Eight Immortals, mid 14th century
www.philamuseum.org/collectio..., Gallery 334
Wine Bottle, 11th century, Made in Hebei Province, China, Asia
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Conical bowl with three friends of winter, early15th century
www.philamuseum.org/collectio...|6
Blue and white dish, Early 15th century
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Reception Hall from the Palace of Duke Zhao (Zhaogongfu)
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Hexagonal Lantern (from reception hall), 1700s
www.philamuseum.org/collectio...|21
Tomb Figure of a Bactrian Camel, 8th century
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ITALIAN MAIOLICA
Vase with Biblical Scenes, including the Building of the Tower of Babel and the Scattering of the People, Workshop of Orazio Fontana, 1560-1571
www.philamuseum.org/collectio...|33
Dish with a Triton, late 1500s
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Plate with Pluto Abducting Persephone, Circle of Nicola di Gabriele Sbraghe, called Nicola da Urbino, c. 1525-1535
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DUTCH DELFTWARE
Still Life with Flowers in a Vase, Christoffel van den Berghe, 1617
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Chinese Dish made for export early 17th century
Made in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, China, Asia
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Delft Plate with Dragon, Made by De Porceleyne Byl (The Porcelain Ax), 1725-50
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FRENCH "SOFT PASTE" PORCELAIN
Covered Tureen with Stand, Made by the Sèvres porcelain factory, Sèvres, 1757
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Vase with Lid (blue). Model probably by Jean-Claude Duplessis, Sr., c. 1695 - 1774. Made by the Sèvres porcelain factory, www.philamuseum.org/collectio...|51#
Vase with Lid, Made by the Sèvres porcelain factory, Sèvres, France, Decorated by Vincent Taillandier, French, 1758
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MEISSEN PORCELAIN
Billy Goat, Meissen porcelain factory, c 1732
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Nanny Goat, Meissen porcelain factory, c 1732
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Tray Originally from the "Swan Service", Modeled by Johann Friedrich Eberlein, German, 1693/6 - 1749. Made by the Meissen porcelain. 1740
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PRESIDENTIAL CHINA (this gallery is being reinstalled in the new Early American wing, which should be open in spring of 2021).
Custard Cup and Lid, From the state dinner and dessert service of Abraham Lincoln
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Dessert Plate, Abraham Lincoln Service
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Sugar Bow, Abraham Lincoln Service
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Fish Platter, "The Shad", From the state dinner and dessert service of Rutherford B. Hayes, 1880-87
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Oyster Plate, Rutherford B. Hayes
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Ice Cream Plate, Rutherford B. Hayes
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DUCHAMP
Fountain, Marcel Duchamp, 1917 (1950- replica of 1917 original)
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