ID: 700008572 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008572	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Pair of Lidded Bowls (bowls (vessels); mounts attributed to Wolfgang Howzer (Swiss, active 1660 - a...; porcelain ca. 1650/1680; mount...; J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, Calif...; 85.DI.178.1-2)

Note: In the early 1700s, English author Daniel Defoe complained that "Queen Mary introduced the custom of furnishing houses with Chinaware ...piling the China upon the Tops of Cabinets, Scritoires, and every Chymney Piece." The greater availability of Chinese and Japanese porcelain from the mid-1600s onwards increased interest in this exotic material. Nobles throughout Europe collected porcelain and created "China Cabinets." In such rooms, walls were completely decorated with ceramics, displayed on brackets, mantelpieces, shelves, and sometimes even on the floor. Although some members of the British aristocracy collected mounted porcelain, they did not assemble the same quantities as the French did. In 1678 one English duchess took her collection of porcelain to France, where it fetched much higher prices at a sale. This pair of lidded bowls was assembled in London, perhaps for a sophisticated member of the court of Charles II. Recently returned from France, he had developed a taste for these luxurious objects there.

Titles:

Pair of Lidded Bowls (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

bowls (vessels) [300203596] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by form>, vessels (containers))

Classifications:

decorative arts (preferred)

Creation Date: porcelain ca. 1650/1680; mounts about 1680

Creator Display:

mounts attributed to Wolfgang Howzer (Swiss, active 1660 - about 1688); porcelain: Chinese or Japanese [preferred,VP]

ceramicist unknown Chinese (Chinese cultural designation) [500125222]

ceramicist unknown Japanese (Japanese cultural designation) [500125252]

goldsmith Howzer, Wolfgang (Swiss goldsmith and silversmith, master 1664, active 1652-ca. 1682) Qualifier: attributed to Extent: mounts [500116797]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500115988] J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 85.DI.178.1-2

Address Note: Currently on view at: Getty Center, Museum South Pavilion, Gallery S101; Getty Center, Museum South Pavilion, Gallery S103

Other: Creation: London [7011781] Greater London (metropolitan area), England (country), United Kingdom (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: hard-paste porcelain, underglaze blue decoration with gilt-metal mounts

	hard paste porcelain (material) [300010663]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, clay, <clay by product>, <ceramic and ceramic by product>, ceramic (material), porcelain (material))

	underglazing [300048642]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <processes and techniques by material>, pottery techniques, pottery decorating techniques, pottery glazing (process or technique))

	gilding (technique) [300053789]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, <surface covering processes and techniques>, metallizing)

Dimensions: each: 34.4 x 38.1 x 25.6 cm (13 9/16 x 15 x 10 1/16 in.)

General Subject:

utilitarian objects (preferred,isness)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Sources and Contributors:
Pair of Lidded Bowls	........ [VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)