Dish with stenciled decoration

Manufactory Doccia Porcelain Manufactory Italian
Factory director Marchese Carlo Ginori
ca. 1745
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 201
The blue-and-white decorative scheme of this plate is a clear allusion to Chinese porcelains decorated in this manner, while the stylization of the floral decoration—for which stencils were used—alludes to styles found in the Iznik pottery of Turkey.

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Object Information
  • Title: Dish with stenciled decoration
  • Manufactory: Doccia Porcelain Manufactory (Italian, 1737–1896)
  • Factory director: Marchese Carlo Ginori
  • Date: ca. 1745
  • Culture: Italian, Florence
  • Medium: Hard-paste porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze
  • Dimensions: Overall, irregular diameter (confirmed): 1 3/4 x 13 x 13 1/4 in. (4.4 x 33 x 33.7 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
  • Credit Line: The Charles E. Sampson Memorial Fund, 1990
  • Object Number: 1990.312
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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