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Plate
1721-1725
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
2000.0061.011.004
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Leo A. and Doris C. Hodroff
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Object Number
2000.0061.011.004
Object Name
Plate
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Date
1721-1725
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Upper surface, within reserve
Inscription: Handpainted in underglaze blue "Weg Gekke / Actio-nisten" (Away foolish shareholders)
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Off-white, rounded rectangular paper label with "59" in red print
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Off-white, circular paper label with "142 / 15-10-90 / (6)" handwritten in blue ink
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Off-white, circular paper label with "AW / 894" handwritten in black ink
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: White, rectangular paper label with "SET OF 6- 8 1/2" DIA. / COMMEDIA DELARTE / SATIRIZING STOCKS / DANCING FIG. W/ WORDING CIRCA 1720 4806" handwritten in black and red ink
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: White, rectangular paper label with "4806 REF + ILLUST / CHINA FOR WEST P. 234 / HERVOUET PORC. P. 214 / C. JORG- CHINA EXP. / ROYAL MUSEUM P. 116" handwritten in red and black ink
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Theater
- Italian Comedy
- Commedia del Arte
- South Sea Bubble
- Merchant
- East India Company (Dutch) association
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Enameled
- Painted
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
1.22 (H) x 8.386 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
3.1 (H) x 21.3 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Fuchs, Ronald W. & Howard, David Sanctuary. 2005 Made in China: Export Porcelain from the Leo and Doris Hodroff Collection at Winterthur. 208 p.
• Published: pp. 48-9Book: Howard, David Sanctuary. 1994 The Choice of the Private Trader: The Private Market in Chinese Export Porcelain Illustrated from the Hodroff Collection.
• Published: p. 54Book: Howard, David Sanctuary & Ayers, John. 1978 China for the West.
• Published: pp. 234-235Book: Jorg, Christian J.A. 1989 Chinese export porcelain: chine de commande from the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels. 303 p.
• Five plates from this series: pp. 116-117.Catalogue: 2007 Christie's (sales catalogue).
• Five plates after same design sources, differing greatly in details and uninscribed: January 26, 2010 (NY), Benjamin F. Edwards III sale, lot 19, Chinese export porcealin, discussing association with South Sea Bubble political issues. c. 1720Book: Le Corbeiller, Clare. 1974 China Trade Porcelain: Patterns of Exchange.
• Plate matching.oo2 in Winterthur series, with Chinese export and Dutch tin-glazed related examples: pp. 42-43, no. 18, Dutch market, c. 1720, noting the 6-design series probably relating to the "South Sea Bubble." Detailed remarks.Catalogue: Mezin, Louis. 2002 Cargaisons de Chine: Porcelaines de la Compagnie des Indes du Musee de Loriant.
• Four plates from same series and discussions of East India Company (Dutch) related political associations: pp. 49-52, nos. 24-27, c. 1722. P. 49 includes engraving saterizing East India Company,