Plate
The plate is complete; broken in two sections, it has been repaired with glue. The plate is circular with a plain rim. The rim slopes slightly inwards, the wall is socked and the bottom is flat and recessed. The plate rests on a small milled foot, located in line with the outer wall and free of glaze. There is a defect on the inner base, in the form of a dark gray concretion, like a piece of gravel; The decoration is hand-painted in blue underglaze and red overglaze, with touches of gilding, in the Imari style. It features plants and objects. The painted decoration is visible on the marli, on the wall and on the inner background. The decoration on the marli is encircled by a blue-painted ring and is composed of four groups of floral and vegetal elements, which are repeated in alternation and each bordered by long, traced leaves painted in blue and red. One group features a bamboo stalk traced in blue and painted in blue and faded red, and is flanked by a cluster of grapes traced in blue and red and painted in blue, red and gold. This is followed by a pomegranate traced and painted in blue with red highlights, long leaves traced and painted in blue and red, a cluster of grapes, and a leafy plant traced and painted in blue which is surmounted by a flower traced in red and painted in red and gold. The other group is similar, except that the bamboo is painted blue. The decoration on the wall consists of a wide band drawn in blue and decorated with two different elements arranged in alternation. The most important element is a wide lattice of stars traced in red, interrupted by a central flower traced and painted in red and blue, and surrounded by double arcs, traced and painted in blue. The central decoration is encircled by a ring traced in blue; it consists of an interior scene composed of various precious objects, traced in blue and red and painted in blue and red. The main element is a tall, baluster-shaped vase trimmed with leafy stems. It appears to rest on an unfolded scroll, which features a lake scene traced in red; behind this scroll appears the top of a second vase, which is adorned with a leafy, flowering stem. To its left, the main vase is flanked by a closed rectangular box, the lid of which is adorned with a vegetal motif traced and painted in red; behind this box rises a leafy, flowering stem. At the foot of the vase is one of the eight precious objects of Confucian philosophy, a swastika lozenge; it rests on a large mugwort leaf traced in red with two ribbons in succession. At its feet are two open lozenges. To the left is a folded booklet drawn in blue and painted red. It is surmounted by a long leaf traced and painted in blue, which looks like a feather duster with a ribbon around the stem; they are traced and painted in red. The rim of the plate is covered with an iron-brown coating.
- Accession Number 2018.10.1324
- Date 1770
- Materials ceramics, fine hard-paste porcelain from China
- Measurements 2,8 x 21,9117 cm
- Accession Number 2018.10.1324
- Date 1770
- Materials ceramics, fine hard-paste porcelain from China
- Measurements 2,8 x 21,9117 cm
© Collection Pointe-à-Callière, Paul-Gaston L'Anglais fonds,2018.010.1324
Photo by René Bouchard
- On display
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