Plate
ca. 1750-1760 (made)
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Plate of porcelain, painted with overglaze enamels in the famille rose palette and gilt, with a Watteauesque scene. With low rounded well and flat spreading rim; the base recessed within the foot. Painted inside in the centre is a scene after a European print with a man reclining under a tree playing a lute, a woman playing a triangle and a man with castanets, in a landscape setting; also depicted are two barrels, a flask and two glasses. Encircling the rim is a border of imitation rococo scrollwork. The edge of the rim is gilt.
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Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels and gilt |
Brief description | Plate, porcelain painted with overglaze enamels in the famille rose palette and gilt, with a Watteauesque scene; China (Jingdezhen), Qing dynasty, ca. 1750-60 |
Physical description | Plate of porcelain, painted with overglaze enamels in the famille rose palette and gilt, with a Watteauesque scene. With low rounded well and flat spreading rim; the base recessed within the foot. Painted inside in the centre is a scene after a European print with a man reclining under a tree playing a lute, a woman playing a triangle and a man with castanets, in a landscape setting; also depicted are two barrels, a flask and two glasses. Encircling the rim is a border of imitation rococo scrollwork. The edge of the rim is gilt. |
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Credit line | Bequeathed by Mrs B. Nichols |
Production | Register |
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Accession number | FE.27-1972 |
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Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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