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SOUP PLATE FROM A DINNER SERVICE

Creator(s): Unknown

On view in: Marjorie Post's Bedroom


About this object

The decoration is the type called Famille Rose. All have a similar decoration. The outer edge is reddish with a cross decoration with dots. Next are medallions of irregular oblong shape of some reserved with flowers in colors and some with a lattice decoration in puce with lighter fleurets. In the center are large clusters of flowers in the center with scatterings of flowers around them. The tureens have boars head in Chinese red for handles.

Object name:
SOUP PLATE FROM A DINNER SERVICE
Made from:
Porcelain with famille rose enamels and gilding
Made in:
Jingdezhen, China
Date made:
1770-1780
Size:
22.5 cm (8 7/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
26.266.58
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
Credit line:
Gift of Eleanor Close Barzin, 1974