{"id":1202,"date":"2010-04-06T16:01:52","date_gmt":"2010-04-06T21:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=1202"},"modified":"2011-02-12T18:41:29","modified_gmt":"2011-02-12T23:41:29","slug":"port-scene-mandarin-mug-c-1750","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=1202","title":{"rendered":"Mandarin mug with hunting scene, c.1750"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese porcelain mug made for export during the Qianlong period, measures 5&#8243; high<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_24346.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4339\" title=\"IMG_2434\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_24346.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_24346.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_24346-300x284.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Decorated with panels depicting a hunting scene in the Mandarin style<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_24354.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4582\" title=\"IMG_2435\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_24354.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_24354.jpg 399w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_24354-300x294.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With a beautifully painted cobalt blue Fitzhugh style border<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_24367.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4583\" title=\"IMG_2436\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_24367.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_24367.jpg 399w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_24367-300x290.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The original handle was replaced with a gesso covered aluminum armature, painted to match the porcelain. Time has not been kind to the handle, as very little gesso remains with just a hint of color<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_24372.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4351\" title=\"IMG_2437\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_24372.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_24372.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_24372-300x274.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is what the original handle might have looked like<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/chin-mand-mug-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4353\" title=\"chin-mand-mug-2\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/chin-mand-mug-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/chin-mand-mug-2.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/chin-mand-mug-2-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/chin-mand-mug-2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.andrewdando.org\">Andrew Dando<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese porcelain mug made for export during the Qianlong period, measures 5&#8243; high Decorated with panels depicting a hunting scene in the Mandarin style With a beautifully painted cobalt blue Fitzhugh style border The original handle was replaced with a gesso covered aluminum armature, painted to match the porcelain. Time has not been kind to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[7,140,40,16,76],"class_list":["post-1202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mugtankard","tag-chinese","tag-fitzhugh","tag-metal-handle","tag-porcelain","tag-qianlong"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1202"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5230,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1202\/revisions\/5230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}