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Plate (Dinner plate)
Bernard Picart
1745-1755
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Bernard Picart (Possible inspiration)
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
1956.0038.072
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Object Number
1956.0038.072
Object Name
Plate (Dinner plate)
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Bernard Picart (Possible inspiration)
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Date
1745-1755
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: There is a small rectangular paper tag with a red border affixed to the underside with the pencil inscription "244/on tb"
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Craftsman or craftswoman
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Enameled
- Painted
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
0.866 (H) x 9.055 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
2.2 (H) x 23 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Brawer, Catharine Coleman. 1992 Chinese Export Porcelain from the Ethel (Mrs. Julius) Liebman and Arthur L. Liebman Porcelain Collection.
• Slightly different pattern plate (lacking inner gilt border) and image sources: p.114, no. 87, noting image also known on Dutch Delft. Possibly after engraving by French artist Bernard Picart (1673-1733) who worked in Amsterdam. Possibly Dutch market, c. 1750-60Catalogue: Motley, William & Cohen & Cohen. 2018 The Golden Gate Collection.
• Print design source (Bernard Picart, c. 1710) with Chinese teapot and teapot stand in same patttern but differing in details: p. 79, no. 59, c. 1750Book: Pinto de Matos, Maria Antonia & Kerr, Rose. 2016 Tankards and Mugs: Drinking from Chinese Export Porcelain.
• En grisaille enamel decoration probably after same design source, on Chinese export porcelain mug: pp. 208-09, no. 96, scene known as "The Seamstress" or "The Embroideress." Qing dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-95), c. 1750Book: Sargent, William R. 2012 Treasures of Chinese Export Ceramics at the Peabody Essex Museum.
• En grisaille plate with central reserve after same design source, set within a different border: p. 339, no. 181, 1740-60. Lists parallels in several other collections.Catalogue: Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth NH (auction catalogue).
• Somewhat similar bordered plate with shepherdess en grisaille in central reserve: November 12-13, 2011 sale, lot 557, c. 1750Book: Howard, David Sanctuary & Ayers, John. 1978 China for the West.
• Teabowl and saucer in Chinese export porcelain, portraying a needleworker: vol. 1, no. 271, c. 1735. Polychrome enamels in different style from Winterthur plate.Book: Veiga, Jorge Getulio. 1989 Chinese Export Porcelain in Private Brazilian Collections.
• Chinese export plate and coffee/chocolate pot decorated en grisaille with differenly detailed versions of same subject: pp. 174-75, pls. 146-147, c. 1750-1770Catalogue: Mezin, Louis. 2002 Cargaisons de Chine: Porcelaines de la Compagnie des Indes du Musee de Loriant.
• Chinese export and Dutch Delft plates bearing different scenes of embroidersers, with design source (engraving): p. 102, no. 81, c. 1735