Dish
c.1730
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The design on this dish is copied from a print by Boetius à Bolswert (1580-1633), after the painting Le Coup de Lance by the Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). The painting was commissioned in 1620 for the Antwerp church of the Friars Minor, and the print made in 1631.
Records from the Dutch East India Company show that a large quantity of plain porcelain was shipped from China to the Dutch United Provinces (now The Netherlands) for decoration. This dish would have been just such a piece.
Records from the Dutch East India Company show that a large quantity of plain porcelain was shipped from China to the Dutch United Provinces (now The Netherlands) for decoration. This dish would have been just such a piece.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain, painted with coloured enamels |
| Brief description | Dish, porcelain, painted with coloured enamels, China, Qing dynasty, c.1730 |
| Physical description | Dish of porcelain, painted in colours and gilt with a scene of The Crucifixion. Saucer-shape with the decroation covering the whole of the inner face. Christ on the cross is shown between the two thieves; the three mary's are on the right and two mounted soldiers on the left. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by W. G. Gulland |
| Object history | Records from the Dutch East India Company show that a large quantity of plain, undecorated porcelain were shipped from China to the Netherlands, so that the decoration could be applied there. This dish would have been such a piece. The design is taken from Peter Paul Rubens' painting, Le Coup de Lance, commissioned in 1620 after an engraving by Boetius a Bolswert. |
| Summary | The design on this dish is copied from a print by Boetius à Bolswert (1580-1633), after the painting Le Coup de Lance by the Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). The painting was commissioned in 1620 for the Antwerp church of the Friars Minor, and the print made in 1631. Records from the Dutch East India Company show that a large quantity of plain porcelain was shipped from China to the Dutch United Provinces (now The Netherlands) for decoration. This dish would have been just such a piece. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.226-1931 |
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| Record created | January 31, 2003 |
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