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Plate
(1674-1685)
- Medium
- earthenware
- Measurements
- 2.7 × 25.7 cm diameter
- Place/s of Execution
- Delft, Holland, the Netherlands
- Inscription
- painted in blue (vertically) on base c.: 8 / SVE (monogram)
- Accession Number
- 4562-D3
- Department
- International Decorative Arts
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1939
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited - Gallery location
- Not on display
- About this work
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This late seventeenth-century Dutch earthenware plate is decorated in a white tin glaze with cobalt blue decoration in imitation of imported Chinese porcelain. The central reserve of the plate is decorated with an image of porcelain vases of Chinese model, one of which is filled with exotic flowers popular in Europe. The rim of the plate is decorated with a border design of European flowers and putti. This mixture of European and Asian-inspired motifs is typical of objects decorated in Chinoiserie fashion.
