Plate decorated with Japanese Kakiemon-inspired scene with twisted dragon
ca. 1752, probably Raised Anchor Period
Medium
Soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions
confirmed, irregular diameter: 1 1/2 × 9 in. (3.8 × 22.9 cm)
Classification
Ceramics-Porcelain
Culture
British, Chelsea
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Larry and Ann Burns Gift, in honor of Austin B. Chinn, 2018
Accession Number
2018.378
Tags
About the Artist
Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory · 1744–1784
**Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory** The Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory, Britain's pioneering porcelain enterprise, was founded around 1743 in Chelsea, London, by two Huguenot silversmiths: Nicholas Sprimont from Liège and Charles Gouyn. Sprimont, trained in Paris as a goldsmith before immigrating to England, brought his expertise in luxury metalwork to the venture, while Gouyn handled early sales th...