Oil Pot with Candlestick and Tweezer Snuffer
(China )
Metalworking traditions, such as this painted enamel (yangci), remained popular during the Qing dynasty. Painted enamels is a technique of applying enamels directly on the copper surface. The production of painted enamel was located mainly in the imperial workshops of Beijing and, for export wares, in Canton (present-day Guangzhou in Guangdong province).
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Conservation
Date | Description | Narrative |
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3/11/2016 | Treatment | Cleaned |
3/11/2016 | Treatment | Cleaned in preparation for exhibition |
Geographies
China (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Overall H: 7 1/2 ×W with spout: 6 9/16 × D: 3 11/16 in. (19 × 16.7 × 9.3 cm); Teapot H: 4 9/16 ×W with spout: 6 9/16 × D: 3 11/16 in. (11.6 × 16.7 × 9.3 cm); Lid H: 3 7/8 × Diam: 2 15/16 in. (9.9 × 7.5 cm).
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters, before 1931
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
49.825