Period:Qing dynasty Production date:1740-1745 (circa)
Materials:porcelain, gold,
Technique:glazed, gilded, painted, underglazed,
Subjects:mammal insect heraldry
Dimensions:Diameter: 28 centimetres
Description:
Blue-and-white plate with an enamelled Dutch coat of arms. The armorial design which appears in the centre of this plate and again on the rim is a red squirrel holding a green acorn, on a golden background, surrounded by golden scrollwork and with a coronet above. The well and rim are exquisitely painted in underglaze cobalt blue with diaper borders in minute strokes. In one place the cobalt pigment was accidentally wiped off, perhaps when the dish was picked up for glazing; and at the rim a roundel was deliberately left blank for the coat of arms. On the reverse are three well-painted butterflies and flower sprays in underglaze blue.
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![图片[1]-plate BM-Franks.878.+-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00358186_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-plate BM-Franks.878.+-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00357765_001.jpg)
![图片[3]-plate BM-Franks.878.+-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00300022_001.jpg)
Comments:Harrison-Hall and Krahl 1994:This coat of arms has been attributed to the Dutchman A.J. Sichterman (1692-1764) who came from Groningen, worked for the Dutch East India Company and was director in Bengal from 1731 to 1740. It has been suggested that the service to which this plate belonged was brought back to Holland by Sichterman on his return to Groningen as part of his repatriation cargo allowance in 1745 (Jorg, 1982, pp. 143-4 and footnote 197). Other pieces from this service include a bowl in the Musee Guimet, 284 Paris, France (Beurdeley, 1962, no. 191), and a vase and cover in the Mottahedeh collection (Howard and Ayers, 1978, vol.11, no. 399). These arms also exist on a ‘famille rose’ covered vase and beaker in the Groningen Museum, Netherlands (Lunsingh Scheurleer, 1974, nos. 101 and 102).
Materials:porcelain, gold,
Technique:glazed, gilded, painted, underglazed,
Subjects:mammal insect heraldry
Dimensions:Diameter: 28 centimetres
Description:
Blue-and-white plate with an enamelled Dutch coat of arms. The armorial design which appears in the centre of this plate and again on the rim is a red squirrel holding a green acorn, on a golden background, surrounded by golden scrollwork and with a coronet above. The well and rim are exquisitely painted in underglaze cobalt blue with diaper borders in minute strokes. In one place the cobalt pigment was accidentally wiped off, perhaps when the dish was picked up for glazing; and at the rim a roundel was deliberately left blank for the coat of arms. On the reverse are three well-painted butterflies and flower sprays in underglaze blue.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall and Krahl 1994:This coat of arms has been attributed to the Dutchman A.J. Sichterman (1692-1764) who came from Groningen, worked for the Dutch East India Company and was director in Bengal from 1731 to 1740. It has been suggested that the service to which this plate belonged was brought back to Holland by Sichterman on his return to Groningen as part of his repatriation cargo allowance in 1745 (Jorg, 1982, pp. 143-4 and footnote 197). Other pieces from this service include a bowl in the Musee Guimet, 284 Paris, France (Beurdeley, 1962, no. 191), and a vase and cover in the Mottahedeh collection (Howard and Ayers, 1978, vol.11, no. 399). These arms also exist on a ‘famille rose’ covered vase and beaker in the Groningen Museum, Netherlands (Lunsingh Scheurleer, 1974, nos. 101 and 102).
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