Charger
Unknown Artist
c. 1750
Medium
porcelain
Dimensions
diam. 36.3 cm
Classification
Ceramic
Department
Decorative Art and Design
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of the Lucile and Robert H. Gries Charity Fund
Accession Number
1970.48
About this artwork
This plate demonstrates the commercial exchange of products—in this case prints and porcelain—between Europe and Asia in the 1700s. Here, a Chinese porcelain factory adapted a French print to decorate a dish for the European market. It depicts a fable by Jean de La Fontaine in which a barrel-maker’s wife dallies with a lover while her husband is working.