Plate
The plate is one of a set of six showing Harlequin, in various poses, satirizing the speculation ("Bubble") mania that swept France, Holland, and England ca. 1720
Artwork Details
- Title: Plate
- Date: ca. 1720
- Culture: Chinese, for Dutch market
- Medium: Hard-paste porcelain
- Dimensions: Diameter: 8 7/16 in. (21.4 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain-Export
- Credit Line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Roger Gerry, 1981
- Object Number: 1981.455.1
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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Chinese, for Dutch market
ca. 1720 (?)
Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, St. Petersburg
1755–60
Chinese, for British or Scottish market
mid-18th century
Chinese, for British market
ca. 1723–35
Ignaz Preissler
ca. 1730
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