Period:Qing dynasty Production date:1740-1750
Materials:porcelain
Technique:painted
Subjects:charioteer/chariot classical deity
Dimensions:Diameter: 23.50 centimetres
Description:
Grisaille’-painted porcelain plate with a scene from Greek mythology and an English coat of arms. This is painted ‘en grisaille’ with a goddess holding a burning torch and accompanied by a cockerel, driving a chariot through the sky pulled by winged horses. The sun is appearing behind her. The rim border of the plate bears a coat of arms, the rim flower sprays. The goddess represents Eos, the Greek goddess of dawn (Roman= Aurora), who causes the day to break by leading her brother Helios, the sun god, into the sky. The engraving on which this design is based is not yet identified. The coat of arms belongs to the Humbertson family and it has been suggested that the service was commissioned by Matthew Humbertson of Humbertson, Lincolnshire (Howard, 1974, p. 334) for whose son-in-law a very similar service was made, which included the salt cellar BM Franks. 1438.
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![图片[1]-plate BM-Franks.1407-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00856649_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-plate BM-Franks.1407-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00856650_001.jpg)
Comments:See also Franks.1438
Materials:porcelain
Technique:painted
Subjects:charioteer/chariot classical deity
Dimensions:Diameter: 23.50 centimetres
Description:
Grisaille’-painted porcelain plate with a scene from Greek mythology and an English coat of arms. This is painted ‘en grisaille’ with a goddess holding a burning torch and accompanied by a cockerel, driving a chariot through the sky pulled by winged horses. The sun is appearing behind her. The rim border of the plate bears a coat of arms, the rim flower sprays. The goddess represents Eos, the Greek goddess of dawn (Roman= Aurora), who causes the day to break by leading her brother Helios, the sun god, into the sky. The engraving on which this design is based is not yet identified. The coat of arms belongs to the Humbertson family and it has been suggested that the service was commissioned by Matthew Humbertson of Humbertson, Lincolnshire (Howard, 1974, p. 334) for whose son-in-law a very similar service was made, which included the salt cellar BM Franks. 1438.
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Comments:See also Franks.1438
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