Unknown Artist
- Title
- Monteith
- Other titles:
- Monteith bowl
- Place of origin
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China
- Period
- Kangxi 1662 - 1722 → Qing dynasty 1644 - 1911 → China
- Year
- circa 1710-1720
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- porcelain with underglaze blue decoration
- Dimensions
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15.6 x 32.9cm
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Mrs Margaret Strutt-Davies 1984
- Accession number
- 251.1984
- Location
- Upper Asian gallery
- Further information
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.
- Bibliography (2)
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'Export Ceramics', The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales 2003, 2003, 139 (colour illus.).
'Trade Ceramics' by Amber Daines, pg. 20-21., Look Jun 2004, Jun 2004, 20, 21 (colour illus.).
