Plate
Artist
Jean-Jacques Dieu
(French, active 1777 - 1811)
Manufacturer
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
(French, 1756 - present)
Date1792
MediumHard-paste porcelain, black ground; gold and platinum decoration
DimensionsOverall: 9 3/4 inches (24.77 cm)
Credit LineGift of Arnold Seligmann, Rey & Co.
Object number33-1369
MarkingsOn rear; Sevres mark, date letters, and painter's mark.
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionBlack porcelain decorated with gold and silver Chinoiserie design, two standing men, man on horseback, landscape. After designs by Pillament.Exhibition HistoryLuxury and Passion: Inventing French Porcelain, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, August 13 2022–August 12 2024, no cat.
This hard-paste plate reflects the European fascination with a fantasy of Asia. The subject matter generically evokes Asian cultures, while the black ground mimics imported lacquerware, or objects coated with a resin produced from tree sap that dries into a hard, smooth finish.
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