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Details
- Other Title
- Monteith bowl
- Place where the work was made
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China
- Period
- Kangxi 1662 - 1722 → Qing dynasty 1644 - 1911 → China
- Date
- circa 1710-1720
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- porcelain with underglaze blue decoration
- Dimensions
- 15.6 x 32.9 cm
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Mrs Margaret Strutt-Davies 1984
- Location
- South Building, ground level, Grand Courts
- Accession number
- 251.1984
- Copyright
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About
This unusually shaped bowl illustrates the use of Western shapes, often in silver or pewter, as models for new Chinese ceramic forms. The monteith, named after a Scot, whose cloak's hem was notched in the same way as the rim of this bowl, was designed to chill wine glasses which could be suspended in water. Wooden models were often used to show unfamiliar European shapes to Chinese potters on the other side of the world. The monteith first appeared in silver, but then appeared in Dutch delftware as well as Chinese porcelain.
The Asian Collections, AGNSW, 2003, pg.139.
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Places
Where the work was made
China
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
In one drop of water, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15 Jun 2019–21 Feb 2021
Grand Courts collection rehang, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Nov 2021–2023
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Bibliography
Referenced in 3 publications
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Amber Daines, Look, 'Trade Ceramics', pg. 20-21, Sydney, Jun 2004, 20, 21 (colour illus.).
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Jackie Menzies (Editor), The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales, 'Export Ceramics', Sydney, 2003, 139 (colour illus.).
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Jackie Menzies, TAASA Review, "In the Public Domain: Trade Ceramics in the AGNSW", Sydney, Jun 2013, 24 (colour illus.).
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