BR58.22: Plate from "Red Lion" Service
VesselsA red-orange tiger with a long slinky tail and long whiskers walks along the bottom left edge of a plate looking at bamboo shoots on the right side as it heads towards it. The tiger has lines around the body to accentuate its muscular body. The bamboo stalk is painted blue-green with a smaller delicate stem that curls upward along the edge of the plate. Leaves of green red and gold appear asymmetrically at the bottom and along the new shoot. The plate is reminiscent of Asian-inspired art.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- BR58.22
- People
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Manufactured by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German (founded 1710)
- Title
- Plate from "Red Lion" Service
- Other Titles
- Title: Plate: bamboo and red tiger
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 1728-31
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, Germany, Meissen
- Culture
- German
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/223452
Location
- Location
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Level 1, Room 1510, Modern and Contemporary Art, Disrupt the View: Arlene Shechet at the Harvard Art Museums
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Hard-paste porcelain decorated with polychrome enamels and gold
- Dimensions
- 23.2 cm (9 1/8 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- maker's mark: On back of plate: Overglaze blue crossed swords.
- collector's mark: On back of plate, incised and blackened: N = 72 // W
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- August II, Elector of Saxony and King in Poland, The Japanese Palace, Dresden. [Adolf Beckhardt, Frankfurt]; sold to Ilse Marthe Bischoff, gift; to Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1958
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Ilse Bischoff
- Accession Year
- 1958
- Object Number
- BR58.22
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
Verification Level
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