Museum Object Number2017.0037.001 |
Plate
Ceramics
Gift of Mr. Bruce Coleman Perkins
China, Asia
1800-1815
Armorial device; American ownership history (foreign manuf); American market (Chinese manufacture); Government
Porcelain (hard-paste); Lime (alkaline) glaze
Molded, Painted, Gilded, Enameled
7.75 (Diam)
19.685 (Diam)
Text available soon.
[Catalogue] Chan, Libby Lai-Pak & Wan, Nina. 2018 The Dragon and the Eagle: American Traders in China, A Century of Trade from 1784–1900 (exhib. cat.).
• Plate from same service with different Chinese scene: vol. 2, p. 262, fig. 18, scene of two men by river with distant ships perhaps "from the famous riverine naval 'Battle of Red Cliffs' fought during 208-09 CE at the end of the Han dynasty. Made for Senator William Tilghman Goldsborough...c. 1835."