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Culture:Chinese
Title:platter
Date Made:1770-1790
Type:Food Service
Materials:ceramic: hard paste porcelain, overglaze polychrome enamels, gilding
Place Made:China
Measurements:overall: 1 x 8 1/8 x 7 1/4 in.; 2.54 x 18.415 cm
Accession Number:  HD 59.134
Credit Line:Gift of Helen Geier Flynt
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
Chinese porcelain oval reticulated platter with a small cartouche with three obscured gilt initial, possibly "M?N" decorated in the Famille rose palette in white, green, brown, rose, iron red, black, blue, and gilding. The rim has a blue and gilt bands; and the well has repeating cartouches with brown and iron-red birds, rose peonies, black, green, iron-red, and gilt flying insects and moths, and green lotus blossoms and white flowers.

Subjects:
Pottery; Enamel and enameling; glaze (coating by location); polychrome; Porcelain

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