Image scanned and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.

Platter

Artist Unknown

CultureChinese

Date1760-1770

MediumCeramic | enamels

DimensionsOverall: 15 x 12 in. (38.1 x 30.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Winfield Foundation

Object number55.3.13

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DescriptionPlate; part of a set consisting of a plate, soup plate, plate, platter, butter dish, bowl and enamel cover. Made for the Portugese market; has arms of Saldanha de Albuquerque on the pieces.

Label TextChinese Export Platter, ca. 1760 Porcelain with enamel and gilded decoration Gift of the Winfield Foundation 55.3.13 This platter, along with the dish cover, formed part of a large dinner service commissioned by the Saldanha de Albuquerque family of Portugal. This service is one of the most unusual Chinese export services to have been produced during the eighteenth century. Instead of typical Chinese-inspired floral decorations, the Saldanha service is painted with appropriate foodstuffs. On this platter, a large ham replaces the usual coat of arms, and it is surrounded by fruits, fowl, and vegetables. Exhibition History"China Trade Porcelain from the Collection of the Chyrsler Museum of Art" Chrysler Museum of Art, July 19, 1997 - October 30, 1998. "Reopening of the Joan P. Brock Galleries," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., Opening in March of 2008.