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Plate or bowl (Soup plate or bowl)
1730-1733
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
2000.0061.020
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Leo A. and Doris C. Hodroff
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Object Number
2000.0061.020
Object Name
Plate or bowl (Soup plate or bowl)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Date
1730-1733
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Upper surface, within reserve
Inscription: Handpainted in black enamel Roman letters "VIRTUS VERA EST NOBILITAS"
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Red, rounded rectangular paper label with "18" in white lettering
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: White, rectangular paper label with "3323- ILLUS. + REF./HOWARD + AYERS P. 704/PIECES. AT METROPOLITAN/WOOLWORTH MCCANN COLL./LEE UNIV. + REEVES/COLLECTION" handwritten in black and red ink
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: White, rectangular paper label with "SOUP PLATE- 9" DIAM/ARMORIAL"LEE QUARTER/ASTLEY" MOTTO VIRTUS/VERUS[?] EST NOBILITAS"/ILLUS. LONDON + CANTON/YONG CHENG 1735 3323" handwritten in black and red ink
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Brown, torn, rectangular paper label with "IMPORTANT SOUP PLATE/CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN [???] 735/LEE quartering ASTLEY/The borders with views of London/and Canton./see [???];. 329No. J6/see Phillips p. 13, fig. 7/see Beurdeley p. 191, cat. 178" in black type
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Armorial device
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Enameled
- Painted
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
1.614 (H) x 8.976 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
4.1 (H) x 22.8 (Diam)