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1690–1700 · Hard-paste porcelain · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
The unusual way in which the leaves and flowers have been drawn suggests the original design was an embroidery. Such combinations of a religious subject with highly decorative ornament are often seen on English embroidered book covers of the mid-seventeenth century.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1690–1700
- Medium
- Hard-paste porcelain
- Culture
- Chinese, for European market
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Helena Woolworth McCann Collection, Purchase, Winfield Foundation Gift, 1970
