Period:Qing dynasty Production date:1736-1750 (circa)
Materials:porcelain, gold,
Technique:gilded
Subjects:dog bird european fortune-teller/divination horse/ass
Dimensions:Diameter: 22.50 centimetres
Description:
‘Grisaille’-and-sepia painted plate with a romantic figure scene. The scene depicted on this plate shows a well-dressed gentleman with lavish plumes on his hat, seated on the ground, holding the hand of a simply dressed woman with long hair, who is carrying a baby on her back. Two boys are holding his horse in the background and two well-bred dogs are reclining in the foreground. The rim border consists of shaped diaper panels joined by flower festoons, centred on three peacocks. The design is painted in black except for the figures’ skin, the horse and one dog, which are all drawn in sepia.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall and Krahl 1994:The picture was taken from an evocative engraving by the English artist John Smith, who worked in the late 17th century, entitled ‘The Fortune Teller’ (Howard and Ayers, 1978, vol. II, p. 373), and depicts a man asking a gipsy woman to predict his future by reading the lines of his hand. The intricate rim border is in the style of borders developed at the Du Paquier porcelain manufactory at Vienna, Austria in the early part of the 18th century. Other dishes with this design are in the Mottahedeh collection (Howard and Ayers, 1978, vol. II, pl. 365); and in theVictoria and Albert Museum, London.
Materials:porcelain, gold,
Technique:gilded
Subjects:dog bird european fortune-teller/divination horse/ass
Dimensions:Diameter: 22.50 centimetres
Description:
‘Grisaille’-and-sepia painted plate with a romantic figure scene. The scene depicted on this plate shows a well-dressed gentleman with lavish plumes on his hat, seated on the ground, holding the hand of a simply dressed woman with long hair, who is carrying a baby on her back. Two boys are holding his horse in the background and two well-bred dogs are reclining in the foreground. The rim border consists of shaped diaper panels joined by flower festoons, centred on three peacocks. The design is painted in black except for the figures’ skin, the horse and one dog, which are all drawn in sepia.
IMG
Comments:Harrison-Hall and Krahl 1994:The picture was taken from an evocative engraving by the English artist John Smith, who worked in the late 17th century, entitled ‘The Fortune Teller’ (Howard and Ayers, 1978, vol. II, p. 373), and depicts a man asking a gipsy woman to predict his future by reading the lines of his hand. The intricate rim border is in the style of borders developed at the Du Paquier porcelain manufactory at Vienna, Austria in the early part of the 18th century. Other dishes with this design are in the Mottahedeh collection (Howard and Ayers, 1978, vol. II, pl. 365); and in theVictoria and Albert Museum, London.
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![[Qing Dynasty] British female painter—Elizabeth Keith, using woodblock prints to record China from the late Qing Dynasty to the early Republic of China—1915-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/image-191x300.png)
