Plate

Ceramic

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Stenton

Name/Title

Plate

Entry/Object ID

A1982.14.226

Description

Circular plate standing on a foot ring, painted in underglaze blue with five birds and five vignettes of shrubs and rocks on the rim; a band of diaperwork with three reserved panels on the side of the well; and a landscape scene with a willow tree, oversized flowers, and a lattice work fence in the center of the well. Similar birds and shrubs appear on tea wares that were part of the cargo of the Swedish East India Company ship Gotheborg, which sank in 1745 (Wastfelt, et al, Porcelain from the East Indiaman Gotheborg (1990), 108-123.

Collection

Ceramics

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1740 - circa 1750

Time Period

18th Century

Place

City

Jingdezhen

Location

China

Region

East Asia

Continent

Asia

Dimensions

Height

1-1/2 in

Diameter

10-1/2 in

Material

Hard Paste Porcelain

Relationships

Related Events

Event

1982 Archeological Excavation