Collection Highlights
Four Portraits of North American Indians; verso: sketch of brave riding a horse and shooting a bow and arrow
1859
1941.1209
Oil on gray marbleized prepared heavy textured paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate: ships in harbor motif
Object name
Plate: ships in harbor motif
Date
ca. 1740
Medium
Porcelain
Dimensions
Overall: 1 1/4 x 9 in. ( 3.2 x 22.9 cm )
Description
Porcelain plate with deep well; double border of black, turquoise, and gilt bands with golds and rust fleur-de-lis surrounding central polychrome harbor scene; the scene includes two fully rigged Dutch 'East Indianmen' flying red flags, some smaller boats, and a town; it is surrounded by a polychrome enamel scrolling cartouche.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number
1940.269
Gallery Label
This scene may be of Batavia or some other Dutch outpost. Other examples of this plate can be found at the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
