ID: 700008544 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008544	Record Type: Movable Work
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Sugar Bowl and Cover (sugar bowl; unknown Japanese, probably assembled by Martin Berthe; assembled 1728/1729; Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts, ...; 1993.520.3)

Titles:

Sugar Bowl and Cover (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Sugar Bowl and Lid (C,U,English,U,U)

Japanese Imari Sugar Bowl and Cover (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

sugar bowl [300042971] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by function or context>, culinary containers, <containers for serving and consuming food>, <vessels for serving and consuming food>)

Classifications:

decorative arts (preferred)

Creation Date: assembled 1728/1729

Creator Display:

unknown Japanese, probably assembled by Martin Berthe [preferred,VP]

ceramicists unknown Japanese (Japanese cultural designation) [500125252]

silversmith Berthe, Martin (French silversmith, master 1712) [500093742]

Locations:

Current: Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts, United States) [500305147] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 1993.520.3

Credit Line: Elizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Collection

Display Materials: porcelain with silver fittings

	porcelain (material) [300010662]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, clay, <clay by product>, <ceramic and ceramic by product>, ceramic (material))

	silver (metal) [300011029]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <silver| silver compounds| alloys>)

Dimensions: 10.5 x 9.5 cm (4 1/8 x 3 3/4 in.)

Cultures:

European (preferred)

Japanese

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Imari [300018595] (preferred,style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Asian, East Asian, Japanese (culture or style), Japanese styles (styles), Japanese decorative arts styles, Japanese ceramics styles, Arita)

General Subject:

utilitarian objects (preferred,isness)

Provenance: Set: November 11, 1955, sold by Au Vieux Paris (Bonnefoy et Cie.), Paris, to Elizabeth Parke Firestone (b. 1897 - d. 1990) and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. (b. 1898 - d. 1973), Akron, OH and Newport, RI; 1993; gift of the Estate of Elizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 26, 1993)

Marks: Charge Mark: 1727-32, an A crowned on the side (Dennis 57): Underside, partially effaced

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

............... Tea Service with Fitted Case

Sources and Contributors:
Sugar Bowl and Cover	........ [VP]
	........ Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [online] (2003-)
Sugar Bowl and Lid	........ [VP]
	........ Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [online] (2003-)
Japanese Imari Sugar Bowl and Cover	........ [VP]
	........ Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [online] (2003-)

Subject: ....... [VP]