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Dessert Plate, Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1756

About the Item

Plate, circa 1755-1760: Octagonal plate, the decoration after an oriental original (possibly from the region now modern Bhutan), with four robed ladies walking through a stylized landscape, the first with a Buddhist prayer flag, the third and fourth with what were probably prayer wheels in the original but here rendered the one as a beflaged canopy, and the other with an improbable parasol or ‘kite on a string’; the rim painted with precious objects. Straw translucency. Imitation Chinese character marks to base. W.7.4in (18.8cm). Provenance: Taylor Collection; Robyn Robb, London, 2007. The design would appear to be otherwise unrecorded.
  • Creator:
    Bow Porcelain (Manufacturer)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 0.5 in (1.27 cm)Diameter: 7.4 in (18.8 cm)
  • Style:
    Chinoiserie (Of the Period)
  • Materials and Techniques:
    Porcelain,Molded
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    circa 1756
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use. Flea-bites to rim.
  • Seller Location:
    Melbourne, AU
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 52141stDibs: LU3151314962561
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