Merry Outlaw
Fit for a Queen: A Chinese Porcelain Bottle Found at Jamestown, Virginia

Ceramics in America 2021

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  • Figure 1
    Figure 1

    James Fort archaeological features and interpretations of structures superimposed on the modern-day landscape. (Courtesy, Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation; photo composition, Jamie May.)

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    Figure 2

    A selection of the wide range of ceramics from England, Continental Europe, and China dating to 1600–1625 that have been recovered from James Fort. (Courtesy, Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation.)

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    Figure 3

    Bottle fragments, Southern China, 1575–1625. Hard-paste porcelain. (Courtesy, Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation.)

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    Figure 4

    Merry Outlaw and Ron Fuchs looking at fragments from the bottle. (Photo, Robert Hunter.)

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    Figure 5

    Bottles, Southern China, 1575–1625. Hard-paste porcelain. H. 17 3/8". (Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2021.) The gilt bronze mounts were added in Europe in two phases, in 1675–1700 and 1800–1820.

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    Bottle fragments showing the tail feathers and neck of the fenghuang, Southern China, 1575–1625. Hard-paste porcelain. (Courtesy, Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation.)

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    Figure 7

    Christian Richter (1678–1732), Portrait of Queen Mary II, after 1704. Watercolor on vellum. H. of portrait 2 1/2". (Private collection; photo, Robert Hunter.)

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    Figure 8

    Isaac Oliver (1565–1617), Portrait of Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, ca. 1600. Tempera on vellum. H. of portrait 2". (© Burghley House Preservation Trust Limited.)