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Description: | none CRE UNKNOWN; This very large 19th Century jar or vase is brown glazed and decorated with an elaborate design featuring an eagle and a dragon. It might be the item on Whister's list described as ' large brown jar with eagle and dragon' (p6). This item is part of the collection of over 330 pieces of Chinese ceramics and approximately 15 items of Japanese ceramics from the estate of James McNeill Whistler, gifted and bequeathed by the artist's sister-in-law, Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958), in 1935 and 1958.
Birnie Philip Bequest, 1958. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | EARTHENWARE : WHISTLER : BROWN : EUROPEAN : CHINA : VASE : EWER : JAR : URN : WHISTLER CENTENARY : DRAGON : EAGLE : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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