Plate
about 1695 (made)
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This large dish, probably used as a tray or salver, possibly for serving wine, is decorated with a figure of Bacchus, the Roman god of wine, framed with a border of grape bunches and vines. The shape ultimately derives from a metalware prototype evidenced by the gadrooned or fluted rim, and the decoration may have been engraved on the surface of the dish. Equally, it may have been more directly based on a Dutch Delft model.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | porcelain painted in underglaze blue |
| Brief description | Plate, porcelain decorated with trefoil motifs and bacchic figures, China, Jingdezhen, about 1695 |
| Physical description | Plate of circular, almost flat shape with narrow, spreading rim, moulded with small, oblique gadroons. Painted inside in the centre and bordered by trefoil motifs is a medallion depicting almost nude Bacchic figures. |
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| Gallery label | Chinese salver with Bacchus, god of wine
China, Jingdezhen, about 1695
Both shape and decoration were copied from a Delft original.
C.66-1963. Basil Ionides Bequest(2009) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Basil Ionides |
| Historical context | This probably imitates Dutch Delftware. |
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| Summary | This large dish, probably used as a tray or salver, possibly for serving wine, is decorated with a figure of Bacchus, the Roman god of wine, framed with a border of grape bunches and vines. The shape ultimately derives from a metalware prototype evidenced by the gadrooned or fluted rim, and the decoration may have been engraved on the surface of the dish. Equally, it may have been more directly based on a Dutch Delft model. |
| Bibliographic reference | Kerr, Rose and Luisa E. Mengoni Chinese Export Ceramics London: V&A Publishing, 2011, pp.25-26, pl.21 |
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| Accession number | C.66-1963 |
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| Record created | March 17, 2003 |
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