Plate
Date1729-31
Label TextThe wide-eyed, Kakiemon-style, red and gilt-striped tiger with bamboo is a copy of a Kakiemon original. Plates decorated with this pattern and marked with the number 72, were part of Augustus the Strong's collection, and are listed in an inventory taken in 1770. The royal arms of Poland are a later addition.
Object number69.200
ProvenanceFormerly in the Royal Saxon Collection at Dresden; 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
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 ReferencesEmerson, Julie, Jennifer Chen, & Mimi Gardner Gates, "Porcelain Stories, From China to Europe", Seattle Art Museum, 2000, pg. 171Credit LineGift of Martha and Henry Isaacson
Dimensions1 5/16 in. (3.34 cm), height
9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm), diameter
MediumHard paste porcelain
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