{"id":2699,"date":"2010-06-18T11:22:44","date_gmt":"2010-06-18T16:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andrewbaseman.com\/blog\/?p=2699"},"modified":"2010-06-20T19:32:49","modified_gmt":"2010-06-21T00:32:49","slug":"nanking-reticulated-basket-c-1750","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=2699","title":{"rendered":"Nanking reticulated basket, c.1750"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This HEAVY Chinese pierced\u00a0porcelain basket for fruit or chestnuts has numerous crudely executed cut out holes for ventilation. It dates from the Qianlong period (1736-95) and is boldly decorated in a cobalt blue underglaze decoration of flowers and medallions<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3370.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2700\" title=\"IMG_3370\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3370.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3370.jpg 399w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3370-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Basket measures 12&#8243; long, 9&#8243; deep, 3&#8243; high<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3359.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2701\" title=\"IMG_3359\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3359.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3359.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3359-300x257.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The central floral motif is beautifully rendered but the border design is painted in a more rustic style and was perhaps done by another artist<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3856.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2705\" title=\"IMG_3856\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3856.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3856.jpg 399w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3856-300x242.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Due to the extreme weight of this piece, it took a restorer 29 metal staples to repair the bottom alone&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3363.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2702\" title=\"IMG_3363\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3363.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3363.jpg 399w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3363-300x237.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>17 staple repairs and 5 metal clips (some with blue and white paint to help mask the metal intrusions) to repair the sides&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3366.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2703\" title=\"IMG_3366\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3366.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3366-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and a single metal bolt to hold together one of the handles, for a surprising total of 52 separate repairs. So far, this basket holds the record for the highest number of staple repairs on a single piece!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3854.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2704\" title=\"IMG_3854\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3854.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3854.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3854-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This HEAVY Chinese pierced\u00a0porcelain basket for fruit or chestnuts has numerous crudely executed cut out holes for ventilation. It dates from the Qianlong period (1736-95) and is boldly decorated in a cobalt blue underglaze decoration of flowers and medallions Basket measures 12&#8243; long, 9&#8243; deep, 3&#8243; high The central floral motif is beautifully rendered but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[106],"tags":[15,7,76,120],"class_list":["post-2699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bowl","tag-blue-white","tag-chinese","tag-qianlong","tag-staplesrivets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2699","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=2699"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2722,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2699\/revisions\/2722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}