Plate

Ceramic

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Stenton

The image shows a blue and white octagonal porcelain plate featuring intricate floral and landscape designs.

The image shows a blue and white octagonal porcelain plate featuring intricate floral and landscape designs.

Name/Title

Plate

Entry/Object ID

L2014.1.5

Description

Octagonal plate with an inset foot ring, painted in underglaze blue with an elaborate floral scroll border with lapettes and a pebbled ground on the rim; a latticework band on the sides of the well; and a dense landscape scene with a willow tree, flowers, a scholar’s rock, and a latticework fence in the center of the well. Armorial services with a similar border are dated 1760-1770 (Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain Volume II, pp. 415, 421)

Collection

Ceramics

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1750 - circa 1775

Time Period

18th Century

Place

City

Jingdezhen

Location

China

Region

East Asia

Continent

Asia

Dimensions

Width

8-3/4 in

Material

Hard Paste Porcelain