Plate with Dutch Couple

Plate with Dutch Couple

典藏者
The Walters Art Museum
Chinese export porcelain appeared in European markets as early as 1517, the year king of Portugal Manuel I established an embassy at Beijing. The Portuguese became a principle maritime power in the Far East, followed by the East India Trading Companies; demands were increasingly focused on blue and white porcelain. This plate is an example of export porcelain commissioned by the Dutch, including a scene and designs painted in underglaze cobalt blue, black, and brown and overglaze enamel decoration in red and gold added in Europe. The central scene depicts two Dutch figures walking along a balustrade with a greyhound. Blossoming trees and flowers surround them. Leafy designs are painted on the cavetto while objects are situated between the foliations: a tall vase of flowers stands between a desk and a small dragon curled on a cushion, a Ruyi scepter is placed with a vase of flowers and a duck, a vase filled with peacock feathers stands beside a table with a bowl of fruit, and scrolls are paired with another flower vase.

詳細資料

主要名稱
Plate with Dutch Couple
典藏者
The Walters Art Museum
內容描述

Chinese export porcelain appeared in European markets as early as 1517, the year king of Portugal Manuel I established an embassy at Beijing. The Portuguese became a principle maritime power in the Far East, followed by the East India Trading Companies; demands were increasingly focused on blue and white porcelain. This plate is an example of export porcelain commissioned by the Dutch, including a scene and designs painted in underglaze cobalt blue, black, and brown and overglaze enamel decoration in red and gold added in Europe. The central scene depicts two Dutch figures walking along a balustrade with a greyhound. Blossoming trees and flowers surround them. Leafy designs are painted on the cavetto while objects are situated between the foliations: a tall vase of flowers stands between a desk and a small dragon curled on a cushion, a Ruyi scepter is placed with a vase of flowers and a duck, a vase filled with peacock feathers stands beside a table with a bowl of fruit, and scrolls are paired with another flower vase.

物件類別
文物
其他內容描述
取得方式: 

Kenneth S. Battye Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; given to Walters Art Museum, October 1973.

尺寸: 

直徑:9 3/16 英吋 (23.4 公分)

材質: 

陶瓷

類型: 
技術: 

釉下彩

色彩: 

underglaze blue

色彩: 

overglaze enamels

創建時間
創建時間: 
1700~1750
創建時間: 
創建地點
創建地點: 
中國
貢獻者
前藏家: 
Kenneth S. Battye
提供者: 
識別碼
Walters 49.2419
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