{"id":8824,"date":"2014-05-11T10:26:43","date_gmt":"2014-05-11T14:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andrewbaseman.com\/blog\/?p=8824"},"modified":"2014-05-28T07:21:05","modified_gmt":"2014-05-28T11:21:05","slug":"mandarin-bell-shaped-mug-c-1770","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=8824","title":{"rendered":"Mandarin bell shaped mug, c.1770"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In honor of Mother&#8217;s Day I am presenting\u00a0a Chinese porcelain bell shaped mug from the\u00a0Qianlong period (1736-1795), decorated with a domestic scene, including a mother and her children. The colorful decoration is hand painted in the Famille Rose palette and includes\u00a0cobalt blue borders, floral sprays and cartouches. I particularly like the young boy balancing\u00a0on a rickety red lacquered table while\u00a0holding a bird above his head, which I can imagine resulted in\u00a0his mother saying &#8220;son, get down from\u00a0that table NOW\u00a0or you will fall and break your neck.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I am hoping the boy survived his table climbing antics unharmed, but it seems this 6-1\/4&#8243; tall mug was not so lucky. Sometime in its early life, the mug slipped from the hands of a thirsty\u00a0drinker and it crashed to the floor, resulting in a broken handle and a large crack to\u00a0one side. Because Chinese porcelain was expensive and highly valued in the 18th century, it was taken to a &#8220;china mender&#8221; who formed a bronze replacement handle and covered it in woven rattan for insulation. Four metal staples were applied to stabilize the crack and the mug was able to be used again.<\/p>\n<p>Happy Mother&#8217;s Day and remember children, listen to your mother!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8019.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8829\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8019.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8019\" width=\"400\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8019.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8019-300x274.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_80291.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8834\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_80291.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8029\" width=\"400\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_80291.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_80291-300x296.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_80301.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8835\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_80301.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8030\" width=\"400\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_80301.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_80301-272x300.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8032.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8836\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8032.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8032\" width=\"400\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8032.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8032-300x277.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_80271.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8833\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_80271.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8027\" width=\"400\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_80271.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_80271-300x265.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_80211.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8830\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_80211.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8021\" width=\"400\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_80211.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_80211-300x295.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_80221.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8831\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_80221.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8022\" width=\"400\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_80221.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_80221-285x300.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8026.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8832\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8026.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8026\" width=\"400\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8026.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8026-300x244.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8033.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8837\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8033.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8033\" width=\"400\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8033.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8033-287x300.jpg 287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This mug with similar form and decoration still has its original loop handle intact.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/14001-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8826\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/14001-1.jpg\" alt=\"14001-1\" width=\"400\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/14001-1.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/14001-1-258x300.jpg 258w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy go <a href=\"http:\/\/www.auctionatrium.com\">Auction Atrium<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In honor of Mother&#8217;s Day I am presenting\u00a0a Chinese porcelain bell shaped mug from the\u00a0Qianlong period (1736-1795), decorated with a domestic scene, including a mother and her children. The colorful decoration is hand painted in the Famille Rose palette and includes\u00a0cobalt blue borders, floral sprays and cartouches. I particularly like the young boy balancing\u00a0on a [&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":[7,86,40,16,93,120],"class_list":["post-8824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mugtankard","tag-chinese","tag-mandarin","tag-metal-handle","tag-porcelain","tag-rattan","tag-staplesrivets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8824","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=8824"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8881,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8824\/revisions\/8881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}