{"id":628,"date":"2010-03-18T11:34:47","date_gmt":"2010-03-18T16:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=628"},"modified":"2011-01-04T16:38:15","modified_gmt":"2011-01-04T21:38:15","slug":"large-chinese-qianlong-mug-c-1750-80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=628","title":{"rendered":"Large Chinese Qianlong mug, c.1760"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This large Chinese porcelain mug from the Qianlong (pronounced SHEEN-LOONG) period is from the mid-1700&#8217;s and is decorated in the Mandarin style with polychrome enamels.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_22241.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4661\" title=\"IMG_2224\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_22241.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_22241.jpg 399w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_22241-300x269.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mug measures 5-3\/4&#8243; high and has a finely painted courtyard scene, wrapping around three sides.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2225.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_2225\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"381\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I love when there are multiple repairs on one object and this mug boasts three different types of inventive repair, including an\u00a0incised bronze collar to mask chips along the rim.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_22271.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4662\" title=\"IMG_2227\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_22271.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_22271.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_22271-294x300.jpg 294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A wicker wrapped bronze replacement handle stands in for the long lost original porcelain handle. Just below the brass collar are metal staples which stabilize a vertical crack.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_22261.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4663\" title=\"IMG_2226\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_22261.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_22261.jpg 399w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_22261-300x264.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The original handle was simply shaped, much like the one pictured below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/XP927.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-632\" title=\"XP927\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/XP927.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"229\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chinese-porcelain-art.com\">Guest &amp; Gray<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This large Chinese porcelain mug from the Qianlong (pronounced SHEEN-LOONG) period is from the mid-1700&#8217;s and is decorated in the Mandarin style with polychrome enamels. Mug measures 5-3\/4&#8243; high and has a finely painted courtyard scene, wrapping around three sides. I love when there are multiple repairs on one object and this mug boasts three [&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":[87,7,86,40,76,93,120],"class_list":["post-628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mugtankard","tag-bronze","tag-chinese","tag-mandarin","tag-metal-handle","tag-qianlong","tag-rattan","tag-staplesrivets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628","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=628"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":800,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628\/revisions\/800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}