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Unknown Maker, Chinese

Plate with Elephant
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Maker

Unknown Maker, Chinese

Culture

Chinese

Title

Plate with Elephant

Year

ca. 1750

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

glazed porcelain

Geography

Place Made: China, for export to India

Dimensions

Height: 2.6 cm (1 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

On bottom of plate: [tan rectangle label] "5049/1 / L. cav. 1750 / each $650.- / 1UP." [red and white oval sticker] "Polly Latham/www.pollylatham.com." [white round sticker] "William & Gretchen Viall Collection."

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of William A. Viall III in memory of Gretchen Viall

Object Number

2016.102.2

Type

Exhibition History

European Galleries
Sep 02, 2017

Label copy

This plate represents a niche market for Chinese export porcelain. This example and wares like it were primarily produced for British citizens living in India in the late 1700s. Whereas the plate largely represents the Western aesthetics that audience favored, the decoration draws from a variety of sources. Arabesque and scalloped motifs surround the Indian elephant and rider with a densely patterned layer of bianco-sopra-bianco (white-on-white) decoration.

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Unknown Maker, Chinese
Plate with Elephant, ca. 1750
Porcelain with glaze
Height: 2.6 cm (1 inches)
Gift of William A. Viall III in memory of Gretchen Viall 2016.102.2

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