Terms and conditions of use
Plate
(c. 1764)
- Medium
- porcelain (soft-paste)
- Measurements
- 12.8 × 21.0 cm diameter
- Place/s of Execution
- Venice, Italy
- Inscription
- painted in red on base c.: (anchor)
- Accession Number
- 2024.518
- Department
- International Decorative Arts
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Patricia Begg OAM Bequest, 2024 - Gallery location
- 17th & 18th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International - About this work
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The decoration on this Venetian porcelain plate derives from Chinese blue-and-white Kraak wares produced for export to Europe as well as Indian painted cotton textiles, or chintzes that were imported in large quantities into England and Europe during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The colour palette of underglaze blue tones, iron red and touches of gold reflects that of imported Indian chintzes but may also reflect the influence of Japanese Kakiemon and imari porcelains, imari decoration characterised by a more lavish use of gold.
