BR58.21: Plate from the "Yellow Lion" Service
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- BR58.21
- People
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Manufactured by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German (founded 1710)
- Title
- Plate from the "Yellow Lion" Service
- Other Titles
- Title: Plate: plum blossoms and yellow tiger
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 1728-31
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, Germany, Meissen
- Culture
- German
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/223470
Location
- Location
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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
- Dimensions
- 22.5 cm (8 7/8 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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manufacturer's mark: Overglaze blue crossed swords
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collector's mark: Johanneum mark: N=8-
W - (not assigned): Incised on footring: /
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manufacturer's mark: Overglaze blue crossed swords
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- August II, Elector of Saxony and King in Poland, The Japanese Palace, Dresden. Ilse Marthe Bischoff, Hartland, Vermont, 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
- BR58.21
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
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