Plate
Dateca. 1780
OriginAsia, China, Jingdezhen
MediumPorcelain, hard-paste
DimensionsOD: 8 3/4"
Credit LineGift of Charles and Kay Ridinger
Object number2012-57
DescriptionChinese porcelain plate decorated with floral sprigs in opaque white, pink, turquoise, green, blue and black enamels. One sprig is at 11:00, one at 2:00, and the large one spreads between 5:00 and 7:00. The rim is painted with a black crosshatch border on a 1/4 inch turquoise ground. Label TextThis type of plate came to epitomize Chinese porcelain in America around the time of the Revolution. Soon after the war, America began direct trade with China. The sparse decoration was in keeping with neoclassical design. This plate is one of several with a history of ownership in the Jones family of Philadelphia.
ProvenanceMr. and Mrs. Charles W. Ridinger, III
Exhibition(s)
ca. 1735
ca. 1880
ca. 1770
ca. 1750
ca. 1780
1765-1780
ca. 1765
ca. 1760
1700-1725
1750-1780