File:Drawing, Design for a Surtout de Table, for State Porcelain Service of Ismail, Khedive of Egypt, 1873–76 (CH 18680443).jpg
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[edit]English: Drawing, Design for a Surtout de Table, for State Porcelain Service of Ismail, Khedive of Egypt, 1873–76
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Made by Manifattura Ginori. Gaetano Lodi |
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English: Drawing, Design for a Surtout de Table, for State Porcelain Service of Ismail, Khedive of Egypt, 1873–76 |
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English: Composite design for side view and end view of a large table centerpiece. The side view (to the left) consists of a tall base decorated in the middle with a rectangular cartouche filled with Egyptian motifs, including vertical bands of papyri, on either side of a central field of double rings, joined by a stylized flower, above double necklace motifs. The edge of the base has a band of stylized papyri and scarob beetles. Above the base, a blue hippopotamus, painted with flying birds and stylized papyri, supports a large shallow bowl with flaring rim also decorated with papyri and a band of scarobs alternating with necklaces. The end view of the surtout (to the right) shows a large roundel with state insignia in the middle including the ankh and the royal whip. The same border of papyri decorate edge of base with a central mask. Above the base is a partial view of a blue hippopotamus supporting a shallow bowl. |
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Date | 1873–76 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | brush and watercolor, gouache, gold paint, black ink and wash, traces of graphite or black chalk on heavy tan wove paper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | 59.5 x 49.2 cm (23 7/16 x 19 3/8 in. ), irregular | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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institution QS:P195,Q1129820 |
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Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design |
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2000-8-1 |
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Credit line | Museum purchase through gift of Levy-Hermanos Foundation, Inc. and Henry W. Safran Foundation, Inc. and from Friends of Drawings and Prints and Drawings and Prints Council Funds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source/Photographer | Catalog Photo |
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