Eggcup

Object/Artifact

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Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

Eggcup

Entry/Object ID

L.2000.001.001

Description

Eggcup, one of three Ovoid bowl on conical foot; white with underglaze blue decoration. Nanking pattern = landscape design depicting a bridge with a figure crossing.

Collection

Loan

Made/Created

Time Period

19th Century

Place

Location

China

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Tableware, Porcelain

Search Terms

Chinese Export

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Old Number

Other Number

L.2000.1.1-3

Dimensions

Height

2-11/16 in

Diameter

1-11/16 in

Dimension Notes

Diameter of bowl and base are same

Material

Porcelain

Color

Blue, White

Location

Location

Room

104

Building

Nathaniel Russell House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Condition

Overall Condition

Excellent

Overall Condition

Excellent

Notes

Normal wear is aparent around the bottom of the base No chips or accretions Parts Missing: none

Conservation

Treatment

Conservator

Joyce Keegan

Provenance

Notes

Collected By: Dr. G. Fraser Wilson

Exhibitions

Notes

Exhibit Start: 2005-03-15
1
4

Research Notes

Research Type

Scholar

Notes

Double narrow blue band borders the upper rim of the bowl. Below is a running landscape design, depicting mountains, a bridge over water with a man crossing and another in a boat, and a pagoda. The ovoid bowl narrows to a short neck which opens to a flared conical foot, ornamented with a wide diaper-patterned band and a narrow band. All decoration is underglaze cobalt blue. Inside the bowl, dagger and dot pattern around the rim. Nanking is darker blue than Canton and is more carefully painted. Central decoration is more complex than Canton and shows people standing on bridge. Herbert, Peter and Nancy Schiffer, Chinese Export Porcelain, p. 32.

General Notes

Note Type

Dr. G. Fraser Wilson passed away in 2008. His heirs, Preston and Fraser Wilson placed this item on permanent loan as of 6.15.2025.

Note

Notes: old #2000.3.1-3 Status: Loan

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

July 11, 2002

Updated By

vperry@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

July 3, 2025