A white plate decorated in blue, yellow, red, and green flora and fauna. The center has a scene featuring baskets, while the edge of the plate has an irregular scalloped edge.
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A white plate decorated in blue, yellow, red, and green flora and fauna. The center has a scene featuring two baskets, with flowers and greenery coming from them. A bird is to the left. The edge of the plate has an irregular scalloped edge and has flowers and butterflies decorating it. There is an apparent circle from where the plate indents.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR58.33
People
Manufactured by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German (founded 1710)
Title
Phoenix Pattern Platter
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1735-1740
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Germany, Meissen
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/223490

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
34.2 cm (13 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Incised on footring: I I I Incised on bottom: 21
  • manufacturer's mark: bottom, overglaze blue: [crossed swords]
  • inscription: bottom, impressed: 21
  • inscription: footring, incised : lll [three vertical lines, indicates size 3 plate]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Ilse 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
BR58.33
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

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