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Plate
1775-1790
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
- Enamel
Museum Object Number
2011.0037.002
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase with funds provided by The Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors
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Object Number
2011.0037.002
Object Name
Plate
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Date
1775-1790
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Underside
Inscription: A rectangular paper tag affixed to the underside has a blue printed border and the handwritten black ink inscription "R.R. REEVES COLLECTION/SOLD LOWESTOFT MAY 22/ 1889. OWL SERVICE"
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
- Enamel
Techniques
- Molded
- Enameled
- Painted
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
0.787 (H) x 9.055 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
2 (H) x 23 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Howard, David Sanctuary. 1994 The Choice of the Private Trader: The Private Market in Chinese Export Porcelain Illustrated from the Hodroff Collection.
• Published: pp. 184-5, fig. 212, c. 1785.Book: Litzenburg, Thomas V. & Bailey, Ann T. 2003 Chinese Export Porcelain in the Reeves Center Collection at Washington and Lee University. 288 p.
• Saucer from same service: p. 120, no. 108, Qianlong, c. 1780. Discusses 1872 auction leading to phrase "Chinese Lowestoft."