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Dish in peony form
Made at: Chelsea Manufactory (England, active 1745–1784)
English
about 1752
Object Place: Europe, England
Medium/Technique
Soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions
20.32 cm (8 in.)
Credit Line
Jessie and Sigmund Katz Collection
Accession Number1988.658
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionDish modeled as a large white peony blossom growing from a stalk handle. Shallow, irregular, center dark puce, green twig handle to black veined green leaves over and under dish respectively. Insects on modeled surface. Peach fluorescence.
Marks
Mark: red anchor
ProvenanceBy 1972, Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Katz [see note 1]; 1988, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Katz. (Accession date: November 30, 1988)
NOTES:
[1] From December 27, 1972, on loan to the MFA from Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Katz.
NOTES:
[1] From December 27, 1972, on loan to the MFA from Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Katz.