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The central scene with Don Quixote astride a horse led by Sancho Panza and two women peering from behind a tree in an Oriental landscape is taken from an engraving by Bernard Picart (1673–1733) after a painting by Charles-Antoine Coypel (1694–1752).
Artist
Unknown (Chinese)
Title
Plate
Date
ca. 1750
Medium
Porcelain
Dimensions
7/8 H x 9 diam. in. overall
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Cleaver
Accession No.
1974.66
Classification
Ceramics
Geography
China

Related

by 1973, Ethel Liebman [mother] and Arthur Liebman [son] (Milwaukee, WI); 1973, Arthur Liebman (Milwaukee, WI) sold to Mr. and Mrs. John C. Cleaver (Milwaukee, WI); September 1973, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Cleaver deposited on long-term loan to the Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art]; 1974, gifted to Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

  • Brawer, Catherine Coleman. "Chinese Export Porcelain." Madison, Wis.: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1992. p. 108, no. 81
  • Elvehjem Art Center. "Rare Porcelain, European and Oriental Export." Madison, WI: Elvehjem Art Center, 1974. XIII, no. 3

  • Chinese Export Porcelain from the Seventeenth to the Nineteenth Centuries: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 4/11/2003–8/29/2005
  • European and Chinese Export Porcelain on Loan and from the Permanent Collection: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 7/16/1983–9/4/1983
  • Chinese Export Porcelain from the Ethel and Arthur Liebman Collection: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 10/21/1979–1/6/1980
  • Rare Porcelain: European and Oriental Export: Elvehjem Art Center, 6/3/1974–8/11/1974

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