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Saucer

Saucer

  • Place of origin:

    China (made)

  • Date:

    ca. 1750 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Porcelain painted in enamels and gilt

  • Credit Line:

    Bequeathed by Basil Ionides

  • Museum number:

    C.84-1963

  • Gallery location:

    On Display

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As Chinese trade with Europe increased from the 18th century, European traders often commissioned Chinese craftsmen to produce goods to bring back to Europe, and this dish is one of such items. These commissions formed some of the earlier modern Chinese depictions of foreigners. The representation is usually not a caricature, as the craftsmen's main concern was to reproduce the design they've been given as accurately as they could. The bawdy decoration on this double-sided dish is based on the European print Perrette et le pot au lait.

Physical description

Painted inside with a landscape scene with mountains and a village and in the foreground is a young European woman wearing a long dress and with a basket on her head, stepping onto a stile; below the rim is a narrow border with four scrollwork cartouche and a cable-pattern; on the base, a bawdy picture of the woman seen from the rear.

Place of Origin

China (made)

Date

ca. 1750 (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Porcelain painted in enamels and gilt

Dimensions

Diameter: 12.07 cm

Historical context note

After a European print Perrette et le pot au lait, ca. 1750

Descriptive line

Saucer, porcelain decorated with a woman in a long dress climbing a stile, Chinese, ca. 1750

Materials

Porcelain

Subjects depicted

Woman; Mountains; Scroll-work; Stile

Categories

Porcelain; Household objects

Collection code

EAS

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