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Plate (Sample plate)
1795-1810
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
- Gilt
Museum Object Number
1966.0589
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1966.0589
Object Name
Plate (Sample plate)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Date
1795-1810
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Upper surface, center of reserve
Inscription: Painted in gilded, script lettering "P"
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Armorial device
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
- Gilt
Techniques
- Molded
- Enameled
- Gilded
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
1.142 (H) x 9.882 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
2.9 (H) x 25.1 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Palmer, Arlene. 1976 A Winterthur Guide to Chinese Export Porcelain.
• Published: p. 37, fig. 5Book: Mudge, Jean McClure. 1981 Chinese Export Porcelain for the American Trade, 1785-1835. 304 p.
• Published: p. 187, fig. 124Book: Lu, Zhangshen. 2012 Passion for Porcelain: Masterpieces of Ceramics from the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum.
• Two Chinese export porcelain sample plates, one signed "Syngchong," with numbered border patterns: pp. 156-57, no. 036 and fig. 1, with formats and certain design elements similar to those of Winterthur plate.Book: Palmer, Arlene. 1976 A Winterthur Guide to Chinese Export Porcelain.
• Discussion of the use of sample plates, p. 37