Tray
about 1750
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/TechniqueTin-glazed earthenware
DimensionsOverall: 52.1 x 41 cm (20 1/2 x 16 1/8 in.)
Credit LineKiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection. Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
Accession number2006.897
On View
On viewClassificationsCeramics
Collections
This tray is animated with brightly colored flowers, trees, and birds surrounding two Chinese horsemen. Such scenes were often inspired by engravings, though we do not know the source for this hunting scene. The holes at the top of the rim suggest this was inteded to hang on a wall rather than serve as an actual tray.
InscriptionsLabels on underside from 1932 exhibition at Musee des arts decoratifs (#2320) and from the Papillon sale.ProvenanceUntil 1918, Georges Papillon (b. 1849 - d. 1918), Sevres, France; March 10-12, 1919, posthumous Papillon sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, lot 115. By April 1932, Jacques Simon [see note 1]. By 1993, Edward M. Pflueger (b. 1905 - d. 1997) and Kiyi Powers Pflueger (b. 1915 - d. 2008), New York; 2006, bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 26, 2006)
Notes:
1. The tray is illustrated in Chompret et al., "Repertoire de la faience francaise, " (Paris: Serge Lapina Imp., 1933), vol. 5, s.v., "Sinceny," pl. 3B, published to accompany the "Exposition retrospective de la faience francaise" at the Musee des arts decoratifs, Paris, in 1932. It was lent to this exhibition by Jacques Simon.
Notes:
1. The tray is illustrated in Chompret et al., "Repertoire de la faience francaise, " (Paris: Serge Lapina Imp., 1933), vol. 5, s.v., "Sinceny," pl. 3B, published to accompany the "Exposition retrospective de la faience francaise" at the Musee des arts decoratifs, Paris, in 1932. It was lent to this exhibition by Jacques Simon.
