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Large white plate, painted details of a tiger near bottom moving towards bamboo that curves along the plate on right.

A 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
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
Level 1, Room 1510, Modern and Contemporary Art, Disrupt the View: Arlene Shechet at the Harvard Art Museums
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Hard-paste porcelain decorated with polychrome enamels and gold
Dimensions
23.2 cm (9 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • 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
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