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Plate
1800-1815
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
2017.0037.001
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Mr. Bruce Coleman Perkins
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Object Number
2017.0037.001
Object Name
Plate
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
China; Asia
Date
1800-1815
Subject(s)
- Armorial device
- American ownership history (foreign manuf)
- American market (Chinese manufacture)
- Government
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Painted
- Gilded
- Enameled
Dimensions (inches)
7.75 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
19.685 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
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."