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Dish
Preissler, Ignaz (Hausmaler painter, 1676-1741)
Shallow circular dish standing on a slight foot rim, two concentric underglaze blue lines in the middle of the well and two within the brown edged rim; elaborately decorated in black enamel (schwarzlot) and in gold, the centre reserved with chinoiserie landscape, circled with a broad frieze of figures including a seated oriental holding a cup flanked by musicians, and attendants all in a landscape of trees, mountains and buildings, one figure holds a crane and several fly above, in cloudy sky.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 30132
Creation/Production
Preissler, Ignaz
Hausmaler
Date: 1720-1725 –
Acquisition
Gift, 1/2/1918
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 3.4
Depth
(cm): 21.3
Height
(in): 1
Depth
(in): 8
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
underglaze blue
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
hard-paste porcelain
Location
Front Hall, North Balcony : Case J
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