Photos: NYC BARD 2010

Specific photos of Shirley M. Mueller objects in the BARD exhibit

Chinese export transitional tea caddies, circa 1640, from the Shirley M. Mueller Collection. One was in the exhibit
Chinese export transitional tea caddies, circa 1640, from the Shirley M. Mueller Collection. One was in the exhibit

Notice that the lids are reverse blue and white, one a blue flower on white and the other a white flower on blue.  This designated a differnt use for each, possibly  that one was for green tea and the other for black.  
The ceiling of the Oranienburg Palace outside Berlin
The ceiling of the Oranienburg Palace outside Berlin

Notice the tea caddy similar to the one in the Shirley M. Mueller Collection in the upper right quadrant.

 
A close up of the underglaze blue and white tea caddy
A close up of the underglaze blue and white tea caddy

It is like the one in the Shirley M. Mueller Collection except that the leaf is revered.  The 1697 painter of the ceiling, Augustus Terwesten, may have taken artistic license or his memory for the piece he was painting may have been faulty.   
The tea leaf painted on the tea caddy in underglaze blue and white
The tea leaf painted on the tea caddy in underglaze blue and white

This suggests that the containers were used for tea.
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The 1680 Yixing (red stoneware) teapot with contemporary mounts from the Shirley M. Mueller collection in the exhibit
The 1680 Yixing (red stoneware) teapot with contemporary mounts from the Shirley M. Mueller collection in the exhibit
A close-up of the contemporary mounts on the Yixing teapot
A close-up of the contemporary mounts on the Yixing teapot
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The book published by BARD in association with the exhibit
The book published by BARD in association with the exhibit

The Bard Graduate Center  at 18 West 86th St. NYC NY is a graduate institute and exhibition space affiliated with Bard College located in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. 

 

 
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