About the Artwork
Chocolate Stand
late 18th century
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Chinese
Chinese export
Hard-paste porcelain with polychrome enamel
2 5/16 x 9 1/8 x 9 in. (5.9 x 23.2 x 22.9 cm)
Ceramics
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Bequest of Ruth Nugent Head in memory of her mother, Anna E. Kresge, and her husband, Henry W. Nugent Head
F1985.110.2
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Darr, Alan Phipps, "European Sculpture and Decorative Arts," Bulletin of the DIA, vol. 62, no. 3, Annual Report 1986, pp. 22-24
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Chinese Export, Chinese, Chocolate Stand, late 18th century, hard-paste porcelain with polychrome enamel. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Ruth Nugent Head in memory of her mother, Anna E. Kresge, and her husband, Henry W. Nugent Head, F1985.110.2.
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