Plate (one of a pair)

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Plate (one of a pair)

Datec. 1700–1725

Made inChina, Asia

MediumHard-paste porcelain

Dimensions1 1/4 × 8 7/8 in. diameter (3.2 × 22.5 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Mrs. Clarence Russell

Object numberB.2001.31.1

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Bayou Bend

Object Type

CERAMICS

DescriptionOne of a pair of plates, each is painted in the center with a vase of flowers within a floral border. The decoration is called famille verte, which the ceramics historian Albert Jacquemart termed in the nineteenth century. It is a family of styles of Chinese porcelain from the Qing dynasty onwards that is characterized by a brilliant green enamel, though other colors appear such as iron-red, blue, yellow, and purple. The style influenced European porcelain manufacture.
ProvenanceRoyal Lancaster, London, 1973; Ruth Ann Russell (Mrs. Clarence A. Russell); given to MFAH, 2001.
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