Ceramics
Canton (or Guangzhou), Guangdong, South China, China, Asia
1842-1844
Porcelain (hard-paste); Lime (alkaline) glaze
Molded, Painted, Enameled, Gilded
2014.0016.189.001
Object Number2014.0016.189.001 |
Plate (Dessert plate)
Ceramics
Gift of Daniel and Serga Nadler
Canton (or Guangzhou), Guangdong, South China, China, Asia
1842-1844
Cuban market (Chinese export); Spanish market (Chinese export)
Porcelain (hard-paste); Lime (alkaline) glaze
Molded, Painted, Enameled, Gilded
0.886 (H) , 7.913 (Diam)
2.25 (H) , 20.1 (Diam)
Daniel Nadler measurement: 20 cm D 9.500
Text available soon.
[Book] Nadler, Daniel. 2001 China to Order: Focusing on the XIXth Century and Surveying Polychrome Export Porcelain, Produced During the Qing Dynasty, 1644-1908.
• Published: pp. 137-38, 140, no. 149, "Ignacio Herrera, Spanish Governor of Cuba, was elevated to the rank of Marques...he ordered from Canton in 1843 a ...service, decorated with his new crest" (no. 149), title translating as "Excellency Senor Marques de Almend[a]res" (p140).