Dish
Dateca. 1765
MediumTin-glazed earthenware (delft)
DimensionsDiam: 13 5/8" (34.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1955-216,1
DescriptionLarge plate-shaped dish with slightly fluted scalloped rim and incised foot ring. Blue tin glaze decorated with a Chinese figure standing in front of a pagoda encircled by a narrow band of trellis diaper and floral sprays; outlined in manganese and shading in blue and yellow. On the rim, two large pine cone and leaf sprays in bianco-sopra-bianco; three stylized sprays in blue on the reverse.Label TextDelft plates with the same pattern seen here, but with plain edges, bear the dates 1763 and 1764. Examples with the same scalloped rim and Bristol-style bianco-sopra-bianco decoration, but with different central scenes, are dated 1761 and 1762.
InscribedNo
MarkingsNo
ProvenanceD. M. & P. Manheim, New York
