Plate
ca. 1725-30
Stadler, who worked at Meissen after 1723, painted a number of works based on a series of engravings, "Neiuwe geinventeerde Sineesen" (Newly Invented Chinoiseries), published by the Amsterdam printmaker Petrus Schenk the Younger between 1700 and 1705. They feature large chinoiserie fig-ures among stylized rocks and over-powering flowering plants. Painted decoration attributed to Stadler often incorporates an elaborate use of metallic luster, called mother-of-pearl (Perlmutter), a costly material containing gold.
Hard paste porcelain with underglaze blue, enamel colors, and luster
1 3/4 in. (4.45 cm), height
12 1/8 in. (30.8 cm), diameter
Gift of Martha and Henry Isaacson
69.203
Provenance: National Museum, Munich, Germany; 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
