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H. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); Diam. 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm)
medium: Glazed earthenware
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 66.182.4 1966
Gift of Paul E. Manheim, 1966
28 5/8 x 35 x 33 5/8 in. (72.7 x 88.9 x 85.4 cm)
medium: Mahogany, mahogany veneer, inlaid maple, beech, yellow poplar, white pine; brass
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 37.122 1937
Rogers Fund, 1937
H. (inc. stand) 10 1/4 in. (26 cm); W. 7 3/4 in. (19.7 in); D. 4 in. (10.2)
medium: Rhinoceros horn
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 08.212.12 1908
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1908
A splendid example of the decorated pottery known as "palace ware," made only in Dynasty XVIII. It is painted with garlands imitating the real flowers with which vessels were draped at banquets. This vase was found in the palace of Amenhotep III at southern Thebes.
Egypt, Modern pastiche
marl clay ware
Diameter: 21.2 cm (8 3/8 in.); Overall: 32.4 cm (12 3/4 in.)
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
Albert Bierstadt
American, Solingen 1830–1902 New York
4 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. (12.1 x 19.7 cm)
medium: Graphite on wove paper
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 1995.379.4r verso 1995
Bequest of Marguerite H. Rohlfs, 1995
Egypt, Middle Kingdom (2040–1648 BCE), Dynasty 12
travertine
Diameter: 3.9 cm (1 9/16 in.); Diameter of mouth: 1.4 cm (9/16 in.); Overall: 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in.)
Gift of the British School of Archaeology in Egypt
As early as the seventh century, the practice of drinking tea and wine became an important part of elite culture in Korea. Elites of the Goryeo period commissioned a variety of types of utensils and vessels including this saucer paired with a large bowl, to make their drinking experience more exciting.
Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
pottery
Diameter: 19.3 cm (7 5/8 in.); Overall: 3.7 cm (1 7/16 in.)
Did you know...
The crackle pattern that appears all over this saucer was caused by a thermal expansion mismatch between the body and the glaze.
Gift of John L. Severance
Obeying the command of an oracle, Cadmus followed a cow to Boeotia, or “oxen-land.” There he slayed a dragon and buried its teeth in the ground. From the teeth grew a crop of warriors who fought each other until only the strongest five remained. Cadmus invited the victors to join him, and together they built the city of Thebes, where the mythological hero, Hercules (or Herakles) was later born.
Italy, Urbino region, Gubbio, 16th century
tin-glazed earthenware with gold lustre (maiolica)
Diameter: 26.3 cm (10 3/8 in.)
Did you know...
This plate depicts multiple scenes from the Greek myth of Cadmus.
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
H. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)
medium: Bronze
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 14.58.171 1914
Bequest of John L. Cadwalader, 1914
This magnificent candle or lamp stand consists of a shallow dish and a cylindrical holder, below which is a columnar support embellished with palmette designs and two entwined dragons atop a lotus blossom pedestal. The creamy white stoneware is covered with a finely crackled clear glaze that shows a slight yellow-green tinge where it is thick. The search for a white clay body represented a technical advancement of the kilns in northern China, anticipating the development of the true high-quality white porcelains during the late Tang period.
China, Sui dynasty (581-618) to early Tang dynasty (618-907)
white stoneware with modeled and applied decoration
Overall: 29.8 cm (11 3/4 in.)
Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund
H. 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm)
medium: Pottery
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 15.29.8 1915
Gift of Samuel T. Peters, 1915
H. ( with stand) 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm); Diam. 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm)
medium: Crystal
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 65.86.70a, b 1965
Alfred W. Hoyt Collection, Bequest of Rosina H. Hoppin, 1965
William Bloor's East Liverpool Porcelain Works
H. 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm)
medium: Porcelain
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 1982.192 1982
Friends of the American Wing Fund, 1982
Ding Ware Bowl of the Xing Type with Bi-Disc Foot, 907–60. China, Henan province, Gongxian kilns, Five dynasties (907–60). White stoneware with ivory-white glaze; overall: 4.7 x 18.5 cm (1 7/8 x 7 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift 2020.186
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Animated animals such as this griffin and robust palmette scrolls characterize the bold designs that often appear on dark manganese backgrounds in Garrus ware.
Northwest Iran, Garrus district, Seljuk period, 12th century
earthenware with underglaze slip-painted decoration
Overall: 6.6 x 16.7 cm (2 5/8 x 6 9/16 in.)
Dudley P. Allen Fund
H. 16 3/4 in. (42.5 cm); Diam. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm)
medium: “Soft paste” porcelain painted with cobalt blue under a transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 68.25.6 1968
Gift of Mrs. Lewis G. Morris, 1968
H. 19 1/2 in. (49.5 cm)
medium: Porcelain painted in polychrome enamels over black ground (Jingdezhen famille noire ware)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 14.40.428 1914
Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
H. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm); Diam. 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm)
medium: Stoneware with inlaid decoration under celadon glaze
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 15.29.20 1915
Gift of Samuel T. Peters, 1915
H. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); W. 1 in. (2.5 cm); D. 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)
medium: Ivory with gold, silver, and color hiramaki-e
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 10.211.752 1910
Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1910
About 1725, Herold introduced a new variant of his "chinoiserie" decoration, in which small, full-length figures were depicted against cloudless skies, represented by the now brilliantly white porcelain, within foliate borders of gilt and enamel. This configuration became the standard formula for Meissen figural decoration for the next twenty years, although European subjects came to be depicted with greater frequency toward the middle of the century.
Germany, Meissen, 18th century
porcelain
Overall: 4.4 x 7.7 cm (1 3/4 x 3 1/16 in.)
Gift of Rev. Alfred Duane Pell
Diam. 11 3/8 in. (28.9 cm)
medium: Earthenware; Redware with sgraffito decoration
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 34.100.125 1934
Gift of Mrs. Robert W. de Forest, 1933
American China Manufactory
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1770–1772
H. 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm)
medium: Soft-paste porcelain
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 1990.19 1990
Friends of the American Wing Fund, 1990
L. 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm)
medium: Bronze
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 12.37.170a, b 1912
Rogers Fund, 1912
Thomas Fletcher
American, Alstead, New Hampshire 1787–1866 New Jersey
Overall: 23 7/16 x 20 1/8 x 15 1/8 in. (59.5 x 51.1 x 38.4 cm); 410 oz. 5 dwt. (12760 g)
Lip: Diam. 12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm)
Cover: 5 5/8 x 12 3/4 in. (14.3 x 32.4 cm)
medium: Silver
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 1982.4a, b 1982
Purchase, Louis V. Bell and Rogers Funds; Anonymous and Robert G. Goelet Gifts; and Gifts of Fenton L. B. Brown and of the grandchildren of Mrs. Ranson Spaford Hooker, in her memory, by exchange, 1982
H. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
medium: Clay covered with a thin glaze and a congealed overglaze (Shidoro ware, Satsuma type)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 93.1.149 1893
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Colman, 1893
L. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
medium: Wood
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 10.211.2032 1910
Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1910
Bottles or jars (<em>kruken</em>) of this type of six-sided form are most often associated with the ceramic tradition found in Kreussen (now Creussen) in the Bavarian region of Germany during the mid to late 1600s. With a threaded neck fitted with a pewter screw top and ring, they were ideal vessels for medicinal liquids as they could be easily connected to a belt for transport to the patient. Applied decoration depicting the twelve apostles, as on this example, allude to the spiritual nature of healing.
Germany, Bavaria, Kreussen
salt-glazed stoneware, applied and impressed decoration
Overall: 34.3 cm (13 1/2 in.)
Did you know...
The applied decoration on this bottle depicts the twelve apostles.
Gift of Charles G. King Jr.
Black Glazed Teabowl, 1100s–1200s. China, Fujian province, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Stoneware with opaque dark brown glaze, Jian ware; overall: 5.3 x 14 cm (2 1/16 x 5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift 2020.176
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Peter Van Dyck
1684–1750
Overall: 3 13/16 x 10 1/8 in. (9.7 x 25.7 cm); 12 oz. 2 dwt. (376.7 g)
Lip: W. 5 1/16 in. (12.9 cm)
At knops: W. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)
At feet: W. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)
medium: Silver
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 35.68.1 1935
Dodge Fund, 1935
Faience Manufacturing Company
American, Greenpoint, New York, 1881–1892
H. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm); Diam. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)
medium: Porcelain
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 1991.370.15 1991
The Florence I. Balasny-Barnes Collection, Gift of Florence I. Balasny-Barnes, in memory of her parents, Elizabeth C. and Joseph Balasny, 1991
H. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm)
medium: Blown pattern-molded lead blue glass
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 13.120.32 1913
Gift of Frederick W. Hunter, 1913
H. 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm)
medium: Pressed and free blown lead glass
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 1982.439.16 1982
Gift of Dr. Michael Heidelberger, in memory of Nina T. Heidelberger, 1982
In the Ming (1368–1644) and Qing (1644–1911) dynasties, luxury items became more affordable to larger parts of the society, including women, merchants, and literati in non-official positions. Imperial patronage and a growing urban population encouraged consumption of luxury goods and local craftmanship. This covered porcelain jar has blue underglaze and overglaze in red, green, and blue enamels. It shows Ming dynasty advancements in porcelain decoration and the creative mind of the talented artisans who made it.
China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Wanli reign (1573-1620)
porcelain with blue underglaze decoration and overglaze enamels in red, green, and yellow
Overall: 10.2 cm (4 in.)
Did you know...
This jar is painted with 16 figures of all ages enjoying a garden setting.
John L. Severance Fund
Austria, Vienna
porcelain
Overall: 5.9 x 6.1 cm (2 5/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Gift of R. Thornton Wilson in memory of his wife, Florence Ellsworth Wilson
H. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)
medium: Porcelain with incised decoration (anhua) under glaze (Jingdezhen ware)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 14.40.143 1914
Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
Germany, 18th century
porcelain
Overall: 5.8 x 7 cm (2 5/16 x 2 3/4 in.)
Gift of R. Thornton Wilson in memory of his wife, Florence Ellsworth Wilson
During the Italian Renaissance of the 1400s and 1500s, nobles and merchants eager to express their wealth and sophistication ordered ceramics for dining, display, and storage. Known as <em>maiolica</em>, because it resembled the brightly colored ceramics from the Mediterranean island of Majorca, these ceramic vessels were covered with a tin glaze that provided an opaque white surface on which colorful decoration could be painted.
Italy, Venice
tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
Average: 25.4 cm (10 in.)
Did you know...
In contrast to a pharmacy jar, this <em>Vaso a Palla</em> (globular or round-shaped jar), likely served a more domestic function and may have held oil or preserved fruits and nuts.
Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., for the Coralie Walker Hanna Memorial Collection
Basically, serve ware is used to service food or beverages and, in certain cases, to prepare them as well. To buy serve ware online you can buy at Angie Homes. There is a wide collection of serve ware set to buy for home or for gifting purpose. Visit at: angiehomes.co/collections/server-ware
59 x 57 3/4 x 21 in. (149.9 x 146.7 x 53.3 cm)
medium: White pine, red oak
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 23.171 1923
Gift of Miss Sarah Elizabeth Jones, 1923
Chesapeake Pottery
Baltimore, Maryland, 1882–1914
9 x 8 1/4 in. (22.9 x 21 cm)
medium: Earthenware
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 1984.443.3 1984
Gift of Florence I. Balasny-Barnes, in memory of her sister, Yvette B. Gould, 1984
Emile Dupont-Zipcy
1822–1885
Diam. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm)
medium: Faience
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 83.2.138 1883
Gift of William H. Huntington, 1883
New England Glass Company
American, East Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1818–1888
H. 4 5/16 in. (11 cm)
medium: Pressed glass
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 46.140.817 1946
Gift of Mrs. Emily Winthrop Miles, 1946
Jacob Hurd
American, Boston, Massachusetts 1702/3–1758 Boston, Massachusetts
Overall: 10 3/8 x 10 1/16 in. (26.4 x 25.6 cm); 41 oz. 14 dwt. (1296.9 g)
Foot: Diam. 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm)
Lip: Diam. 5 15/16 in. (15.1 cm)
Body: H. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm); 31 oz. 3 dwt. (968.7 g)
Cover: 4 3/16 x 6 1/8 in. (10.6 x 15.6 cm); 10 oz. 11 dwt. (328.2 g)
medium: Silver
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 52.170a, b 1952
Morris K. Jesup Fund, 1952
This miniature oil vessel dates to the early fourth century BC, a time when red-figure vase painters become more liberal in the use of added white and other colors. Here, both Eros and the woman he pursues have white skin, with blue adorning her garment and his wings, and light brown coloring the added clay used for their jewelry, headbands, and the fronts of his wings. A large red-figure palmette, flanked by tendrils and half-palmettes, occupies the back of the vase.
Greek, Attic
ceramic
Overall: 11.7 cm (4 5/8 in.)
Did you know...
Added clay pellets help to define the figures’ jewelry and other elements, including the ornament above.
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
H. 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm); Diam. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm)
medium: Faience with white craquelé glaze, and decoration in colored enamels (Kyoto ware)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 23.225.276a, b 1923
Gift of Mrs. V. Everit Macy, 1923
This bowl was probably intended for use in a private home, perhaps a fashionable villa on the Mediterranean coast. Wealthy Romans stored a variety of silver vessels and implements for entertaining and enjoyed using them while eating and drinking at social events. This bowl is decorated with a beaded rim, a feature often found on domestic silver bowls of this period. The basic shape was formed first by hammering. Then the bowl was polished and chased while it turned on a lathe. The beaded decoration was achieved by hammering the silver into a mold.
Byzantium, Syria(?), Byzantine period
silver
Overall: 10.4 x 27.8 x 10.5 cm (4 1/8 x 10 15/16 x 4 1/8 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
H. 13 in. (33 cm); Diam. 9 7/8 in. (25.1 cm)
medium: Porcelain, overglaze enamel decoration, gold, painted with views of New York City
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 38.165.36 1938
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1938