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Plate (Dinner plate)
Le Pecheur (The fisherman)
Abraham Bloemaert
1735-1745
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Abraham Bloemaert (Artist)
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
2000.0061.025
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Leo A. and Doris C. Hodroff
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Complete Details
Object Number
2000.0061.025
Object Name
Plate (Dinner plate)
Title
Le Pecheur (The fisherman)
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Abraham Bloemaert (Artist)
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Date
1735-1745
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Red, rounded rectangular paper label with "47" in white lettering and is crossed out in black ink
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: White, rectangular paper label with "L00.2130./105" handwritten in pencil
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: White, rectangular paper label with "4139- ILLUST. + REF./HOWARD + AYERS/PAGES 368-9/BEURDELEY CA. P. 123" handwritten in black and red ink
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: White, rectangular paper label with "PLATE- 8 3/4" DIAM. CHINESE/EXP. FAMILLE ROSE- LE PECH-/EUR- AFTER DRAW BY BLUE-/MART.-FISHERMAN W/ROD/HARBOUR SCENE/QIANLONG- 1745 4139" handwritten in black and red ink
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Sports
- Fishing
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Enameled
- Painted
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
0.984 (H) x 9.094 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
2.5 (H) x 23.1 (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: p. 65, no. 27Book: Howard, David Sanctuary. 1994 The Choice of the Private Trader: The Private Market in Chinese Export Porcelain Illustrated from the Hodroff Collection.
• Published: pp. 82-3, no. 67Book: Sargent, William R. 2014 Chinese Porcelain in the Conde Collection.
• Very similar pattern plate, with same border, but with central reserve painted in black enamel, only: p. 233, no. 89, discussing design sources, 1735-45Book: Sargent, William R. 2012 Treasures of Chinese Export Ceramics at the Peabody Essex Museum.
• Nearly identical plate: p. 252, no. 127, noting scene is after drawing "Un pecheur," by Abraham Bloemaert of Haarlem, with more details.Catalogue: Mezin, Louis. 2002 Cargaisons de Chine: Porcelaines de la Compagnie des Indes du Musee de Loriant.
• En grisaille Chinese plate and rectangular blue and white Delft dish in "Le Pecheur" pattern, with engraved design source: p. 130, no. 106, chinese plate c. 1740; Delft dish 1740-80. Cornelis II Bloemart, engraving, 18th century.Book: Howard, David Sanctuary & Ayers, John. 1978 China for the West.
• Plate with similar central decoration but different rim border: pp.368-370, no. 362.Book: Brawer, Catharine Coleman. 1992 Chinese Export Porcelain from the Ethel (Mrs. Julius) Liebman and Arthur L. Liebman Porcelain Collection.
• En grisaille plate portraying same scene: p. 113, no. 86, noting scene "taken from a design by Abraham loemaert (1564-1651)...later engraved, possibly by his son Cornelis II (ca. 1603-18)." Same scene also published by C. J. Visscher.