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Unknown Maker, Chinese export

Rockefeller Service Tankard

Maker

Unknown Maker, Chinese export

Culture

Chinese export

Title

Rockefeller Service Tankard

Year

ca. 1790

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Dimensions

17.6 x 14.9 x 12 cm (6 15/16 x 5 7/8 x 4 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

[fabric label on bottom] "Part of/dinner set/DR 72.9002/.1-.199."

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift and Bequest from the Collection of David and Peggy Rockefeller

Object Number

2017.74.38.6

Type

Exhibition History

Trading Earth
Ceramics, Commodities, and Commerce
Apr 09, 2022 – Aug 03, 2025

Label copy

Produced and consumed worldwide for millennia, wine is often poured from a ceramic vessel into shallow cups or bowls made of various materials. 

Image use

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Unknown Maker, Chinese export
Rockefeller Service Tankard, ca. 1790
Porcelain with enamels and gilding
17.6 x 14.9 x 12 cm (6 15/16 x 5 7/8 x 4 3/4 inches)
Gift and Bequest from the Collection of David and Peggy Rockefeller 2017.74.38.6

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