Saucer
The saucer is complete; it has a crack. It is circular in shape. The wall is flared at the top, and the rim is tapered. The wall curves at the base towards the sock, which is flat. It rests on a rounded foot ring. The underside of the base is recessed and flat. The foot is beveled and free of glaze; the decoration covers the inside of the saucer, i.e. the inner rim and bottom. The decoration is of the vegetable scroll type, treated in Imari. It is hand-painted in two-tone blue underglaze, then traced and painted in iron red, with gold highlights, over glaze. The braid under the inner edge is traced in blue and outlined with a fillet. It is composed of two alternately repeated elements. One element is a plant motif traced and painted in blue, bordered by two spiny scrolls traced in red, and set between three curved lines traced in blue. The second element is a double latticework with spikes in blue. The background decoration consists of a large unrolled scroll, traced and painted in blue with gold and red highlights. A butterfly, traced and painted in sequence, flutters above; another stylized butterfly appears to rest on the scroll. Behind the scroll rise two slender stems, traced and painted in blue with gilding, and topped with flowers traced and painted in blue, while the others are traced in red with veins. In the center, there’s a flower traced and painted in red with gilding; other flowers are traced and painted in red, with or without gilding, and a flower traced and painted in blue with red. On the right, scrolls are traced in blue and red.
- Accession Number 2018.10.1156
- Date 1770 c
- Materials ceramics, fine hard-paste porcelain from China
- Measurements 3 x 11,973 cm
- Accession Number 2018.10.1156
- Date 1770 c
- Materials ceramics, fine hard-paste porcelain from China
- Measurements 3 x 11,973 cm
© Collection Pointe-à-Callière, Paul-Gaston L'Anglais fonds,2018.010.1156
Photo by René Bouchard
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