Plate
The plate is complete; some breaks have been repaired with metal studs and there is some glaze missing around the rim. The plate is circular with a plain rim. The rim slopes slightly inwards, the wall is low and the base is flat. The plate rests on a small ring-shaped foot that is free of glaze. The reverse side of the plate features seven pairs of circular drilled holes, each holding a pair of white-painted copper metal spikes; made from a rod, each spike is inserted into a pair of small holes. One of these studs is visible on the face of the plate. The decoration is hand-painted in blue underglaze with red and gold highlights. It is of the Kraak and Imari type from China. The decoration is visible on the front and back of the plate. The decoration is vegetal. The inner surface is entirely decorated. The marli and the wall are decorated with four wide compartments, which feature the same decoration and are separated by four identical narrow panels. The widest compartments are arched with straight ends; their outer perimeter is made of a simple net. Each houses a large, off-center, leafy, flowering plant whose branches curve to the left; each plant rests on an undulating terrace traced in blue and painted a faded blue. The plant is traced in blue and painted in blue, with highlights painted in red and gold. These large compartments are separated by an almost rectangular vertical tongue, being wider near the edge. Each is traced and painted in blue, with rows of rhombuses in reserve, divided into four and staggered. Traced in blue, they feature red and gold highlights. The central motif is encircled by a double ring, within which are eight half-ovals featuring two alternately repeated motifs, traced and painted in blue with red and gold highlights. One of the decorations consists of rows of scales, while the other features a swastika in reserve, bordered by two vertical lines. These half-ovals are bordered by a broad blue-painted line. The main decoration rests on two of these broad lines, which serve as a terrace, covered with tall grass. It consists of a large rock with a hole in it, symbolizing the Chinese philosophy of Taoism. Behind the boulder are two massive, leafy flowering plants, each adorned with different flowers. All these elements are traced and painted in blue, with red and gold highlights. A bird and a small insect flutter above the shrubs. On the reverse, two identical leafy stems with flowers are traced in blue, each with two flowers traced and painted in red. Between them are two oval flowers, traced and painted red. The center of the background features a double ring with a highly stylized bronze cauldron.
- Accession Number 2018.10.1299
- Date 1735
- Materials ceramics, fine hard-paste porcelain from China
- Measurements 2,7 x 21,3117 cm
- Accession Number 2018.10.1299
- Date 1735
- Materials ceramics, fine hard-paste porcelain from China
- Measurements 2,7 x 21,3117 cm
© Collection Pointe-à-Callière, Paul-Gaston L'Anglais fonds,2018.010.1299
Photo by René Bouchard
- On display
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