Plate

ca. 1734-39

Meissen manufactory, German

Hard paste porcelain with iron-red colors and gilt

2 x 11 3/4 in. (5.08 x 29.9 cm)

Gift of Martha and Henry Isaacson

69.199

Provenance: Plate was possibly originally owned by Augustus the Strong (c.f., the initials K.H.C. - for Royal Court Storeroom or Pantry); collection of Mr and Mrs Henry and Martha Isaacson, unknown purchase date until December 1969; gift from Mr and Mrs Henry and Martha Isaacson to Seattle Art Museum, Washington, 1969

Photo: Paul Macapia

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Japan Envisions the West: 16th - 19th Century Japanese Art from the Kobe City Museum", October 7, 2007 - January 8, 2008 (10/7/2007 - 1/8/2008)

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

Published ReferencesShirahara, Yukiko. "Japan Envisions the West: 16th - 19th Century Japanese Art from the Kobe City Museum." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 2007, pl. 133, p. 171

Emerson, Julie, Jennifer Chen, & Mimi Gardner Gates. "Porcelain Stories, From China to Europe." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 2000, p. 184

Seattle Art Museum respectfully acknowledges that we are on Indigenous land, the traditional territories of the Coast Salish people. We honor our ongoing connection to these communities past, present, and future.

Learn more about Equity at SAM