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Charger

ca. 1755-60

Bow Porcelain Manufactory, London, England

The pattern on this plate was recorded in the Bow records as the Image or Bordered Image pattern. Because this subject and even the name given to it were not understood, it became popularly known in England as the “golfer and caddy.” In fact, this scene depicts a Chinese scholar carrying a staff and accompanied by an attendant entrusted with his scrolls, strolling through a topsy-turvy landscape.

Soft paste porcelain

1 1/4 in. (3.18 cm), height

13 in. (33 cm), diameter

Gift of Garry L. White in memory of Walter H. Meyer

92.167

Photo: Paul Macapia

Now on view at the Seattle Art Museum

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SAM's Porcelain Room

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Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Porcelain Stories: From China to Europe", February 17, 2000-May 7, 2000 (2/17/2000 - 5/7/2000)

Published ReferencesSelvage, Nancy, "New "China" Porcelain from Jingdezhen 1910 - 2012", China Institute Gallery, New York, NY, 2012, illustrated pg. 24

Emerson, Julie, Jennifer Chen, & Mimi Gardner Gates, "Porcelain Stories, From China to Europe", Seattle Art Museum, 2000, pg. 205

"Eighteenth Century English Porcelain: A Special Exhibition," Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, April-May 1956, no. 6.

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