ID: 700008545 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008545	Record Type: Movable Work
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Tea Bowl and Saucer (tea bowl; unknown Chinese; set probably assembled by Martin Berthe; added to set 1728/1729; Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts, ...; 1993.520.4)

Titles:

Tea Bowl and Saucer (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Chinese Famille-Verte Tea Bowl and Saucer (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

tea bowl [300198548] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by function or context>, culinary containers, <containers for serving and consuming food>, <vessels for serving and consuming food>, drinking vessels)

saucer (plate) [300195535]

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by function or context>, culinary containers, <containers for serving and consuming food>, <vessels for serving and consuming food>, dishes (vessels for food), plates (general| dishes))

Classifications:

decorative arts (preferred)

Creation Date: added to set 1728/1729

Creator Display:

unknown Chinese; set probably assembled by Martin Berthe [preferred,VP]

ceramicists unknown Chinese (Chinese cultural designation) [500125222]

compiler (literature) Berthe, Martin (French silversmith, master 1712) [500093742]

Locations:

Current: Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts, United States) [500305147] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 1993.520.4

Credit Line: Elizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Collection

Display Materials: porcelain

	porcelain (material) [300010662]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, clay, <clay by product>, <ceramic and ceramic by product>, ceramic (material))

Dimensions: (Tea bowl): 5.1 x 8.3 cm (2 x 3 1/4 in.); Height x diameter (Saucer): 2.9 x 13.5 cm (1 1/8 x 5 5/16 in.)

Cultures:

European (preferred)

Chinese

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	famille verte [300265759] (preferred,style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Asian, East Asian, Chinese (culture or style), Chinese ceramics styles, famille (ceramics style))

General Subject:

utilitarian objects (preferred,isness)

Provenance: Set: November 11, 1955, sold by Au Vieux Paris (Bonnefoy et Cie.), Paris, to Elizabeth Parke Firestone (b. 1897 - d. 1990) and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. (b. 1898 - d. 1973), Akron, OH and Newport, RI; 1993; gift of the Estate of Elizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 26, 1993)

Marks: Discharge Mark: for medium-sized work, 1727-32, a crowned martlet (Dennis 57): Underside.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

............... Tea Service with Fitted Case

Sources and Contributors:
Tea Bowl and Saucer	........ [VP]
	........ Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [online] (2003-)
Chinese Famille-Verte Tea Bowl and Saucer	........ [VP]
	........ Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [online] (2003-)

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