Soup tureen and dish or stand
Date1800-1810
OriginAsia, China, Jingdezhen
MediumPorcelain, hard paste with orange, green, brown and gold
DimensionsOverall Tureen: 12 x 14in. (30.5 x 35.6cm); Dish: 16 in.
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Boys in memory of Barbara G. Boys and Anne Marie Falvey
Object number2009-148,A-C
DescriptionChinese export porcelain soup tureen, lid, and stand, each piece decorated with a version of the American eagle, wings outstretched, a laurel branch in the right proper talons and a cluster of arrows in the left proper talons, an oval medallion suspended beneath the eagle with the initials KBA. Each piece bordered in an apricot band with sepia concentric leaf decorations. The tureen with intertwined strap handles on each side and the lid with a floral finial surrounded with leaves in apricot and gilt highlights, the dish is an oval form with two borders of the above-mentioned apricot border.InscribedThe initials KBA appear on each piece in an oval medallion suspended beneath the eagle.
ProvenanceMr. and Mrs. Jack Boys
David Overall, Elizabethtown, Kentucky
Bonham’s, London, June 20, 2006, "The Coats Collection of Chinese Armorial Porcelain," Lot 140
Coats Collection
ca.1798-1840
ca.1798-1840
1825 (dated)
Probably 1875-1890
1676 (dated)
ca. 1795
Possibly 1850-1880
1760-1780