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Kyoto service, dessert plate

Kyoto service, dessert plate
 designed (1878); manufactured (1878-1884)

Medium
porcelain
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, NGV Supporters of Decorative Arts, 2018
Gallery location
Not on display
 

About this work

The Kyoto service is representative of the enthusiasm among the French middle class for decorated domestic objects that appropriated Asian styles and motifs, a taste that peaked during the 1870s and 1880s. The decorative mix of Japanese imagery, Chinese imagery and European ornamentation is typical of the eclectic nature of such domestic objects at the time. Each flat piece is decorated with a square Japanese plate placed over the European round form and decorated with overlapping cartouche forms, referencing poem cards, fans and the so-called snowflake design. The decoration within each cartouche represents a mix of Japanese landscape, bird and floral imagery, ink sticks, abstract repeat patterns and scenes from traditional tales, including The Bamboo Cutter.

Artwork Details

Medium
porcelain
Measurements
2.9 × 21.2 cm diameter
Place/s of Execution
Creil, Oise, France
Inscription
printed in blue on base l.r.: C / R / E / I / L M / O/ N / T / E / R / E / A/ U / (…illeg.) (in a double square) K / I / O / T / O
Accession Number
2018.295
Department
International Decorative Arts
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, NGV Supporters of Decorative Arts, 2018
Gallery location
Not on display

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