Minneapolis Institute of Art

Armorial Plate

China

Date

c. 1750

Medium

Porcelain with underglaze blue decoration

Department

European Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

White bodied porcelain with underglaze blue decoration was the earliest type imported to the West, setting off the original craze for collecting porcelain in Europe. It has never truly gone out of favor, even today. This 18th century plate bears the combined coats of arms of the Peers of Baraud and Maraschal of Forez families of France. China, Asia

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