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CultureEnglish
Date1760
MediumEarthenware with tin glaze and enamels (delftware)
DimensionsOverall: 13 3/8 inches (33.97 cm)
Credit LineGift of Frank P. Burnap
Object number56-12
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DescriptionBoldly decorated in dark red, green, and blue with, center, a parrot perched on a bough above a root ornament, and, on the rim, with a border of flowers and pineapples.Exhibition HistoryCathay Invoked: Chinoiserie, A Celestial Empire in the West, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, June 11-July 31, 1966, no. 32.
Mr. Frank P. Burnap (1861-1957), Kansas City, MO by 1956;
His gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1956.
California Palace of the Legion of Honor. Cathay Invoked : Chinoiserie, a Celestial Empire in the West, exh. cat. (San Francisco: California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 1966), unpaginated.
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