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Plate

ca. 1745 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

With flat rim and shallow well. It is painted in the middle with a pastoral scene of a lady in a red bodice and light green skirt, standing beside a gentleman in a blue coat and crimson breeches, in a landscape with distant hills and trees; reclining on the ground before them by two wooden barrels and a tree is a gentleman dressed in a green coat and red breeches, playing a guitar. Round the well is a border of cresting in black and gold. On the rim is a border of baroque scrollwork and formal flowers in thick, bright yellow, blue, red and green. The pastoral scene is copied from a European design, probably after Watteau.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
porcelain painted in colours and gilt
Brief description
Plate, porcelain, painted with a pastoral scene and a border of scrollwork in colours, Chinese, mid 18th century
Physical description
With flat rim and shallow well. It is painted in the middle with a pastoral scene of a lady in a red bodice and light green skirt, standing beside a gentleman in a blue coat and crimson breeches, in a landscape with distant hills and trees; reclining on the ground before them by two wooden barrels and a tree is a gentleman dressed in a green coat and red breeches, playing a guitar. Round the well is a border of cresting in black and gold. On the rim is a border of baroque scrollwork and formal flowers in thick, bright yellow, blue, red and green. The pastoral scene is copied from a European design, probably after Watteau.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 22.86cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
Transliteration
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Credit line
Bequeathed by A. E. Seawell, Esq.
Production
from label
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.770-1917

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Record createdFebruary 18, 2003
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