id: 441664 accession number: 2021.146 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2021.146 updated: 2022-06-22 09:01:36.655000 Fishermen Plate, c. 1730. China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Yongzheng reign (1723–35). Egg-shell porcelain with famille rose enamel overglaze decoration; diameter: 3.6 x 21 cm (1 7/16 x 8 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 2021.146 title: Fishermen Plate title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1730 creation date earliest: 1725 creation date latest: 1735 current location: creditline: Dudley P. Allen Fund copyright: --- culture: China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Yongzheng reign (1723–35) technique: Egg-shell porcelain with famille rose enamel overglaze decoration department: Chinese Art collection: China - Qing Dynasty type: Ceramic find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Diameter: 3.6 x 21 cm (1 7/16 x 8 1/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE James A. Garland [1840–1900], New York, NY date: footnotes: * Collector's label on base "Mr. Garland 888" * James A. Garland was a prominent New Yorker, the Vice-President of the First National Bank of New York and an organizer and builder of the Northern Pacific Railroad. He was a serious collector of tapestries, oriental jades and especially Chinese porcelain. The James A. Garland collection of Chinese porcelain, was one of the largest and comprehensive in the United States. citations: J. P. Morgan [1837–1913] date: ?–1913 footnotes: * Collector's label on base "Morgan Collection 1112" citations: (Duveen Brothers, New York, NY) date: 1913 footnotes: citations: (Christie‘s London, April 1990 sale) date: April 1990 footnotes: citations: Dr. Anton C.R. Dreesmann [1923–2000], The Netherlands date: 1990–2000 footnotes: * Collector's label on base "Dr. Anton C.R. Dreesmann Collection J151" citations: (Christie’s Amsterdam, April 16, 2002 sale) date: April 16, 2002 footnotes: citations: Private collection, The Netherlands date: 2002?–2018 footnotes: citations: (Vanderven Oriental Art, ’s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: 2018–2021 footnotes: * Vanderven label on base #401 citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 2021– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: The labels on the plate’s base testify the plate was in the former Garland and the Morgan collections. digital description: The plate shows four fishermen holding nets and creel. The plate was made during the Yongzheng reign known for its fine porcelain decoration in famille rose colors. Similar scenes of fishermen on paintings of the Ming and Qing period illustrate the popularity of the theme and its adoption by craftsmen and potters. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2021.146/2021.146_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2021.146/2021.146_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2021.146/2021.146_full.tif