Bowl

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Bowl

c. 1772-1774

Made by the Meissen porcelain factory, Meissen, Germany (1710–present)

This bowl is part of a service that the Dutch stadtholder (viceroy or lieutenant governor) William V received as a gift from the Dutch East India Company, a chartered company founded in 1602 to oversee Dutch trade with East Asia. The service was decorated with landscapes and cityscapes of the Netherlands and the Dutch East Indies. The scene on this bowl, showing the port town of Batavia (modern-day Jakarta, Indonesia), is probably after a drawing by Johannes Rach (1720–1783).

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Object Details

Title:

Bowl

Date:

c. 1772-1774

Artist:

Made by the Meissen porcelain factory, Meissen, Germany (1710–present)

Medium:

Hard-paste porcelain with enamel and gilt decoration

Dimensions:

Diameter: 6 1/8 inches (15.5 cm)

Classification:

Containers

Credit Line:

Gift of Alfred Duane Pell, 1913

Accession Number:

1913-547

Geography:

Made in Meissen, Germany, Europe

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