Saucer
Datec. 1750
Geography
Made -
China
Medium/TechniquePorcelain (hard-paste)
DimensionsOverall (H x W x D): 13/16 in. x 4 5/8 in. x 4 5/8 in. (2.06 cm x 11.75 cm x 11.75 cm)
Credit LinePurchased by the A. Alfred Taubman Acquisition Endowment Fund, 2005
Object numberM-4493
DescriptionCircular saucer with a plain rim and rounded sides on a shallow foot ring, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue. The interior features a right-anchored landscape with a two-story pavilion or pagoda on a wooded, rocky island at right and a trellis-diaper band at the rim. Exterior is undecorated. Very finely potted.Pattern Names: Pagoda Riverscape
Published ReferencesColin Sheaf and Richard Kilburn, The Hatcher Porcelain Cargoes: The Complete Record (Oxford, England: Phaidon, 1988), 144. (general reference)
C. J. A. Jorg, The Geldermalsen: History and Porcelain (Groningen: Kemper Publishers, 1986), 88-89. (general reference)
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