Period:Qing dynasty Production date:1740-1750 (circa)
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, painted,
Subjects:animal classical deity
Dimensions:Diameter: 23 centimetres
Description:
‘Grisaille’-and-gold painted plate with a scene from Greek mythology. The plate shows a man naked except for a draped cloth, with a club raised in one hand and a chain which encircles a lion’s neck in the other, with flags and other martial trophies at their feet. This design is separated from an elaborate shaped diaper border with peacocks by a fine golden flower-scroll in the well.
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![图片[1]-plate BM-Franks.916.+-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00359070_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-plate BM-Franks.916.+-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00299878_001.jpg)
Comments:Harrison-Hall and Krahl 1994:The scene depicts Heracles, a semi-god and hero of Greek mythology, and a popular subject of classical and later art. As a penance for slaying his own children whilst under a spell of madness and in order to gain immortality he was condemned to perform twelve superhuman tasks, which symbolize the triumph of good over evil. The present plate depicts the first of these tasks, the slaying of a dangerous lion which had terrorized the inhabitants of Nemea and could not be killed with weapons of metal or stone. He achieved the task by choking the beast to death. The engraving copied on this plate is as yet unidentified. The lacy golden flower-scroll band is reminiscent of gilding on German porcelain from Meissen, of the early 18th century. An identical plate is in a private collection (Hervouet and Bruneau, 1986, no. 13.29).
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, painted,
Subjects:animal classical deity
Dimensions:Diameter: 23 centimetres
Description:
‘Grisaille’-and-gold painted plate with a scene from Greek mythology. The plate shows a man naked except for a draped cloth, with a club raised in one hand and a chain which encircles a lion’s neck in the other, with flags and other martial trophies at their feet. This design is separated from an elaborate shaped diaper border with peacocks by a fine golden flower-scroll in the well.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall and Krahl 1994:The scene depicts Heracles, a semi-god and hero of Greek mythology, and a popular subject of classical and later art. As a penance for slaying his own children whilst under a spell of madness and in order to gain immortality he was condemned to perform twelve superhuman tasks, which symbolize the triumph of good over evil. The present plate depicts the first of these tasks, the slaying of a dangerous lion which had terrorized the inhabitants of Nemea and could not be killed with weapons of metal or stone. He achieved the task by choking the beast to death. The engraving copied on this plate is as yet unidentified. The lacy golden flower-scroll band is reminiscent of gilding on German porcelain from Meissen, of the early 18th century. An identical plate is in a private collection (Hervouet and Bruneau, 1986, no. 13.29).
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