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Plate
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Plate
- Place of origin:
Jingdezhen, China (made)
- Date:
ca. 1735 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
unknown (production)
- Materials and Techniques:
Porcelain painted in enamels and gilt
- Credit Line:
Given by Mrs Julia C. Gulland
- Museum number:
583-1907
- Gallery location:
Ceramics Study Galleries, Asia & Europe, room 137, case 13, shelf 8
Physical description
Plate of porcelain painted in enamels and decorated with gilding. In the middle are two flowers with caterpillars and a butterfly. The rim is decorated with foliated strapwork and edged inwards with a conventional blue and gold border. The design of exotic flowers and insects is in the style of Swiss-Dutch botanist Maria Sybille Merian. The rim design is linked to pieces in the style of the Dutch designer Cornelius Pronk.
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen, China (made)
Date
ca. 1735 (made)
Artist/maker
unknown (production)
Materials and Techniques
Porcelain painted in enamels and gilt
Dimensions
Diameter: 26.0 cm
Descriptive line
Plate, porcelain decorated with flowers, caterpillars and a butterfly, Chinese, Qing dynasty, ca. 1735
Materials
Porcelain
Techniques
Painted; Glazed; Gilt
Subjects depicted
Foliation (pattern); Butterfly; Caterpillar
Categories
Porcelain; Household objects; Ceramics
Collection code
EAS
