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Spitoon with Dragon and Cloud Design

Chinese (Artist)
1820-1850
porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze coral red (oxidized to gray) enamels
(China )

This spittoon is decorated with a design that wraps around the entire vessel. There are two dragons, one on each register of the vessel, each in pursuit of a pearl. The background of the two dragons in pursuit of a pearl is painted with clouds. The foot of the vessel has no decoration.

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mark: made for the studio of quiet stillness

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William T. or Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.

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China (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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49.1082

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