Platter
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This Chinese export porcelain platter features a relatively uncommon landscape scene, in which stylized rock formations dominate. It may have been acquired by George or Martha Washington for use at Mount Vernon at the end of the eighteenth century, or by their grandson, George Washington Parke Custis, as he was establishing his own household at nearby Arlington House.
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Date1780-1800
Geography
Made -
China
Medium/TechniquePorcelain (hard-paste)
DimensionsOverall (H x W x D): 1 1/4 in. x 13 3/16 in. x 10 3/4 in. (3.18 cm x 33.5 cm x 27.31 cm)
Credit LinePurchased by the A. Alfred Taubman Acquisition Endowment Fund and partial gift of an anonymous donor, 2004
Object numberW-2786/X
DescriptionOval or oblong dish or platter with a plain rim and a flat, unglazed foot, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue. Centered in the well is a left-anchored landscape with a pavilion complex featuring an offshore pavilion raised on stilts connected to the mainland by a bridge or dock. A sampan or flat-bottomed, single-oared boat appears in the river at center right. Stylized rock formations and waves or clouds appear throughout the design. The sides of the well feature a cell-diaper border with four triangular reserves containing a flower flanked by keys or frets. The rim has a wide trellis-diaper border.
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