dish BM-Franks.843.+

Period:Qing dynasty Production date:1700-1722 (circa)
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, painted, underglazed,

Dimensions:Diameter: 24.60 centimetres Height: 3.60 centimetres

Description:
‘Famille verte’ plate with the arms of a Flemish city. This plate with its barbed rim with gilt edge is painted in underglaze blue and enamels with the crowned shield of arms of the Flemish city of Mechelen (Malines) identified by the word ‘MEGGELEN’ beneath, surrounded by confronted birds and flowers. The panels in the well contain alternately Chinese figures in landscapes, and flower pots and vases.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall and Krahl 1994:The dish belongs to one of four series of vessels painted with the arms of the main cities and provinces or the states of the Netherlands, England and France which differ in their supporting designs (Le Corbeiller, 1974, p.39). Only large serving dishes, plates and barber’s basins appear to have been decorated in this way. Other pieces with the same arms include a plate in the Musees Royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Brussels, Belgium (Jorg, 1989, no. III), and a barber’s bowl in the Mottahedeh collection (Howard and Ayers, 1978, vol.I, pl. 113). Other arms in these series include Amsterdam, Artois, Brabant, England, Flanders, France, Friesland, Gelderland, Groningen, Holland, Louvain, Luxemburg, Overijsel, Rotterdam, Utrecht, Zeeland and Zutphen. Imitations of these Chinese plates were made at Delft in the Netherlands about 1720 in polychrome earthenware, an example of which is at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands (Le Corbeiller, 1974, pl.14).