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Plate

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Decorated with the scene of the Resurrection of Christ in grisaille and gold. Taught by the Jesuits missionaries, the Chinese rapidly adapted Western engraving techniques to porcelain by painting the cross-hatched lines in black ink.
Artist
Unknown (Chinese)
Title
Plate
Date
ca. 1755
Medium
Hard-paste porcelain, overglaze black enamel, and gilt
Dimensions
7/8 x 9 diam. in. overall
Credit
Hans Lachmann Collection, bequest of George L. Mosse
Accession No.
2011.5.1
Classification
Ceramics
Geography
China

Related

  • Donath, Adolf. "Technik des Kunstsammelns (Bibliothek für Kunst- und Antiquitätensammler. Band 28)." Berlin: Richard Carl Schmidt & Co., 1925. p. 114, fig. 59

  • Chinese Export Porcelain from the Seventeenth to the Nineteenth Centuries: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 4/11/2003–8/29/2005

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