Collection Highlights

Four Portraits of North American Indians; verso: sketch of brave riding a horse and shooting a bow and arrow

Date:

1859

Object Number:

1941.1209

Medium:

Oil on gray marbleized prepared heavy textured paper

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Object name

Saucer

Date

1800-1825

Medium

Porcelain

Dimensions

Overall: 1 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. ( 3.2 x 14 cm )

Description

Porcelain saucer decorated with blue transfer printed Nanking border surrounding pastoral Chinese scene; two gilt bands encircling border.

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Lena Cadwalader Evans

Object Number

1936.735

Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.