Plate with rocks, flowers, and birds

ca. 1815

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 201

Either a Japanese Imari plate or a mid-eighteenth century Meissen copy of a Japanese original might have served as the design source for this English version.

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Title: Plate with rocks, flowers, and birds
Factory: J. Spode
Date: ca. 1815
Culture: British, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Medium: Bone porcelain with colored enamels over transparent glaze
Dimensions: Diameter: 10 in. (25.4 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
Credit Line: The Hans Syz Collection, Gift of Stephan B. Syz and John D. Syz, 1995
Object Number: 1995.268.67
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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