Plate
Date1770-1800
Geography
Made -
China
Medium/TechniquePorcelain (hard-paste)
DimensionsOverall (H x W x D): 1 in. x 9 1/8 in. x 9 in. (2.54 cm x 23.18 cm x 22.86 cm)
Credit LinePurchased by the A. Alfred Taubman Acquisition Endowment Fund, 1999
Object numberM-4065/L
DescriptionOctagonal plate with notched or indented corners and an integral foot ring, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue. Centered in the well is a right-anchored landscape with a two-story pavilion surrounded by a swastika fence and a figure (facing left) carrying a closed parasol on a humpback bridge. There is a hut in the upper left background, a small two-story pavilion at left center with several poles or ships' masts visible above the bank beside it, and a fisherman in a sampan or flat-bottomed boat in the river at lower left. The sides of the well feature a trellis-diaper border. The rim has a "Fitzhugh" type border of butterflies, fishroe-diaper, scale-diaper, trellis-diaper, hatching, and foliage framed by a double row of scales or honeycomb.Pattern Name: A generally accepted name for the design on this object has not been recorded in the standard reference works.
Published ReferencesChristie, Manson & Woods International Inc., The James L. Britton Collection of Americana, Sales Catalogue 9068 (New York: Christie's, 1999), Lot # 906.
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