Plate, ca. 1784–85
Chinese for the American market
Hard paste

Diam. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm)
Rogers Fund, 1917 (17.73)

This plate bears a rather whimsical Angel of Fame displaying the blue and white ribbon and emblem of the Society of the Cincinnati. Its underglaze-blue Fitzhugh border—an elaborate pattern of the late eighteenth century incorporating flowers, pomegranates, often butterflies, and other Chinese motifs—and its overglaze decoration correspond to the large group of porcelains owned by George Washington (1732–1799) and Henry Lee (1756–1818).

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Hard–paste porcelain

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"Plate [Chinese for the American market] (17.73)". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/ewpor/ho_17.73.htm (October 2006)

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Le Corbeiller, Clare, and Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen. "Chinese Export Porcelain." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 60, no. 3 (Winter, 2003).

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