CultureChinese
Titles
- Platter
Datec. 1792
Commissioned forMexico
Porcelain made inChina
MediumPorcelain
DimensionsOverall: 1 1/8 × 13 1/4 × 10 1/2 in. (2.8 × 33.7 × 26.7 cm)
Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, gift of Jas A. Gundry
Object number2012.192
Current Location
Rienzi
Mexican Room
On view
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Department
RienziObject Type
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
label on underside either " 56 " or " 50 "
encircling the medal " REG - FOD - TRIB - NOV - MIS(?)P - PRIM - HOC(?) - FIDELIT - MONUM - CUDI - FECIT - MEXIC - CIC - IC - CCLXXXIX - " translated by R Diaz in Christie's auction catalogue (op cit, p 320) as "The Royal Mines Tribunal of New Spain ordered this monument to fidelity in Mexico to be minted, 1789"
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