Plate with a vase of flowers

ca. 1770
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 201
This dense and richly gilded variant of the Japanese Imari style was very popular in central Europe during the eighteenth century. The inventory mark on the underside indicates that this example was in the collection of Augustus II (1670–1733), elector of Saxony and king of Poland, and one of the most avid European collectors of East Asian porcelain in the eighteenth century.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Plate with a vase of flowers
  • Date: ca. 1770
  • Culture: Japanese, for European market
  • Medium: Hard-paste porcelain with colored enamels over transparent glaze and gilded (Hizen ware; Imari type)
  • Dimensions: Diameter: 10 1/4 in. (26 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain-Export
  • Credit Line: The Hans Syz Collection, Gift of Stephan B. Syz and John D. Syz, 1995
  • Object Number: 1995.268.37
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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