Period:Qing dynasty Production date:1745-1760 (circa)
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, painted,
Subjects:heraldry
Dimensions:Diameter: 23 centimetres
Description:
Polychrome painted plate with the imperial arms of Russia. The plate is painted in red, black and gold with details in blue enamel with a crowned double-headed eagle wearing a chain and holding a sceptre and an orb, with a crown between the two heads and a red shield on its body, depicting a mounted St. George fighting the dragon. The well and rim of the dish are decorated with gilt scrollwork and a shaped diaper border with pendant florets.
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![图片[1]-plate BM-1963-0422.17-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00358366_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-plate BM-1963-0422.17-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00357262_001.jpg)
![图片[3]-plate BM-1963-0422.17-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00301006_001.jpg)
![图片[4]-plate BM-1963-0422.17-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00301040_001.jpg)
Comments:Harrison-Hall & Krahl 1994:This dish forms part of a service believed to have been made for the Russian Empress Elizabeth (r. 1741-62). The double eagle on the dish is a correct representation of the Russian imperial arms and was probably copied from a Russian silver rouble. Such roubles were minted throughout Elizabeth’s reign; an example is in the British Museum, dated 1742(BM Banks 994). The gilt borders are related to patterns introduced by the German porcelain manufactory at Meissen. Only plates are known from this service; several of them are preserved in the Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia (Arapova, 1992, pl. 5); a pair is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Le Corbeiller, 1974, pl. 47), others are in private collections. For an earlier Chinese piece bearing the Russian imperial arms, compare BM Franks. 604; and a plate from a later service is in the Mottahedeh collection (Howard and Ayers, 1978, vol. II, pl. 461).
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, painted,
Subjects:heraldry
Dimensions:Diameter: 23 centimetres
Description:
Polychrome painted plate with the imperial arms of Russia. The plate is painted in red, black and gold with details in blue enamel with a crowned double-headed eagle wearing a chain and holding a sceptre and an orb, with a crown between the two heads and a red shield on its body, depicting a mounted St. George fighting the dragon. The well and rim of the dish are decorated with gilt scrollwork and a shaped diaper border with pendant florets.
IMG
Comments:Harrison-Hall & Krahl 1994:This dish forms part of a service believed to have been made for the Russian Empress Elizabeth (r. 1741-62). The double eagle on the dish is a correct representation of the Russian imperial arms and was probably copied from a Russian silver rouble. Such roubles were minted throughout Elizabeth’s reign; an example is in the British Museum, dated 1742(BM Banks 994). The gilt borders are related to patterns introduced by the German porcelain manufactory at Meissen. Only plates are known from this service; several of them are preserved in the Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia (Arapova, 1992, pl. 5); a pair is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Le Corbeiller, 1974, pl. 47), others are in private collections. For an earlier Chinese piece bearing the Russian imperial arms, compare BM Franks. 604; and a plate from a later service is in the Mottahedeh collection (Howard and Ayers, 1978, vol. II, pl. 461).
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