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Plate

ca. 1700-50

Chinese export

The quasi-Chinese boat and the Dutch drawbridge in the central scene of these Chinese export plates suggest that the design was taken from a Dutch engraving that combined Chinese landscape and Dutch elements.

Hard paste porcelain
9 in. (22.9 cm), diameter
Gift of Mrs. Pauline DeHaart Adams in memory of her Father, Ir. Pieter de Haart
75.1.1
location
Now on view at the Seattle Art Museum

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Glaze, Pattern and Image: Decoration in Chinese Ceramics", September 7, 2002 - November 19, 2002

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Porcelain Stories: From China to Europe", February 17, 2000-May 7, 2000 (2/17/2000 - 5/7/2000)
Published ReferencesEmerson, Julie, Jennifer Chen, & Mimi Gardner Gates, "Porcelain Stories, From China to Europe", Seattle Art Museum, 2000, pg. 254

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