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Chinoiserie Gu-form Beaker Vase

Manufacturer Worcester Porcelain Company (British)

CultureEnglish

Dateca. 1765

MediumPorcelain

Dimensions6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm)

Credit LineOn loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise and Henry Clay Hofheimer II

Object numberL2005.10.377

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 112, Case 3

DescriptionThis is a Worcester Chinoiserie Gu-form Beaker Vase. It has a central knop and a flaring rim and foot, and painted on the front and reverse with a 'Long Eliza,' one wearing a blue, puce and yellow costume, holding an iron-red ornament and a fan and standing before an iron-red garden fence, the other wearing a blue, purple and yellow costume, holding a plant and standing before a portion of a moon window with a puce drapery, and each within a panel edged in iron-red leaves, black-delineated stylized foliage and gilt sprigs, and reserved on a ground of gilt scrolls further reserved on either side with a panel centering a puce floral sprig.
ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II