Object Notes

This spectacular plate features three mythological scenes on a ground of flying cranes contained within a border of phoenix.

This gold lacquer chest bears motifs that are familiar to earlier painting traditions. The landscape scenes on the outside have rivers and plum trees that appear to come from paintings by the great Rimpa artist Ogata Korin (1658-1716).

The impressive silk court robes of China represent the potential of clothing and costume to communicate directly both rank and symbolism to an informed audience. High-ranking people at the imperial court of China wore particular types of robes, with designs that signified their status and underlined their p

This plate is part of a set in the Reves Collection. There are festoons of thickly painted flowers about the border, and sprays elsewhere. The arms of Mawbey impaling Pratt are for Sir Joseph Mawbey who married his cousin, Elizabeth Pratt, in 1760. He was created baronet in 1765, and since these arms include a baronet's hand, they must date thereafter. 

This plate is part of a set in the Reves Collection. There are festoons of thickly painted flowers about the border, and sprays elsewhere. The arms of Mawbey impaling Pratt are for Sir Joseph Mawbey who married his cousin, Elizabeth Pratt, in 1760. He was created baronet in 1765, and since these arms include a baronet's hand, they must date thereafter. 

In the late 17th century, aristocratic European taste moved away from imported blue and white porcelains, and people were willing to pay more for the polychrome enamels exported to Jingdezhen.

In the late 17th century, aristocratic European taste moved away from imported blue and white porcelains, and people were willing to pay more for the polychrome enamels exported to Jingdezhen.

This plate is part of a set in the Reves Collection. There are festoons of thickly painted flowers about the border, and sprays elsewhere. The arms of Mawbey impaling Pratt are for Sir Joseph Mawbey who married his cousin, Elizabeth Pratt, in 1760. He was created baronet in 1765, and since these arms include a baronet's hand, they must date thereafter.