Period:Qing dynasty Production date:1736-1745 (circa)
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, painted,
Subjects:charioteer/chariot
Dimensions:Diameter: 22.90 centimetres
Description:
‘Famille rose’ plate with figures from Roman mythology. This plate is a companion piece to BM Franks. 1404 and was copied from the same series of paintings by Francesco Albani depicting the elements (see British Library, 132.e.6 – 30). It shows a bearded god seated in a landscape, naked except for some rose-pink drapery, holding a casket which contains a winged putto, while another putto is rushing off on a cloud, playing a drum. Overhead a goddess is approaching in a peacock-drawn chariot, surrounded by several winged beings, under a rainbow.
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![图片[1]-plate BM-Franks.1405-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00106407_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-plate BM-Franks.1405-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00359067_001.jpg)
![图片[3]-plate BM-Franks.1405-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00298987_001.jpg)
Comments:Harrison-Hall and Krahl 1994:This scene is a symbolic representation of the element Air and depicts Aeolus, the Roman god of winds, which are symbolized by putti, one of which has been let loose while another is still kept at bay. In the chariot above is Juno, the wife of the highest Roman god, Jupiter. Like the previous design, this scene has been discussed by Albani in correspondence with his client, where he explains that the element Air has traditionally been symbolized by Juno.
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, painted,
Subjects:charioteer/chariot
Dimensions:Diameter: 22.90 centimetres
Description:
‘Famille rose’ plate with figures from Roman mythology. This plate is a companion piece to BM Franks. 1404 and was copied from the same series of paintings by Francesco Albani depicting the elements (see British Library, 132.e.6 – 30). It shows a bearded god seated in a landscape, naked except for some rose-pink drapery, holding a casket which contains a winged putto, while another putto is rushing off on a cloud, playing a drum. Overhead a goddess is approaching in a peacock-drawn chariot, surrounded by several winged beings, under a rainbow.
IMG
Comments:Harrison-Hall and Krahl 1994:This scene is a symbolic representation of the element Air and depicts Aeolus, the Roman god of winds, which are symbolized by putti, one of which has been let loose while another is still kept at bay. In the chariot above is Juno, the wife of the highest Roman god, Jupiter. Like the previous design, this scene has been discussed by Albani in correspondence with his client, where he explains that the element Air has traditionally been symbolized by Juno.
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