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Pair of plates late seventeenth to early eighteenth century
Black, gold and silver lacquer on wood | 4.0 x 33.0 cm (whole object) | RCIN 11198
Japan
Master: Pair of plates Item: Plate late seventeenth to early eighteenth century
Japan
Master: Pair of plates Item: Plate late seventeenth to early eighteenth century
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Pair of plates with low well and flat, spreading rim. In the centre of RCIN 11198.1, a landscape with thatched huts under pine trees and plants growing by a shore, with a large rock in takamakie, scattered with flakes of gold and silver, and mountains beyond; the well plain and the rim decorated with lozenge pattern. RCIN 11198.2 with a similar design, but with three flying birds.
Text adapted from Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen: Volume III.
Provenance
Possibly acquired by George IV. Formerly at the Royal Pavilion, Brighton, and probably sent to Kensington Palace in June 1848: ‘seven large black japan dishes, mainly with landscapes and measuring from twelve to fourteen inches [30.5–35.6 cm]’ (1829A, p. 52). Recorded in the Privy Purse Corridor at Buckingham Palace in 1911 (BP 1911 IX p.269).
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Black, gold and silver lacquer on wood
Measurements
4.0 x 33.0 cm (whole object)
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Place of Production
Japan
