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Plate
Derived from: Francesco Albani (Italian (Bolognese), 1578–1660)
Chinese for export
Qianlong
about 1745
Object Place: China
Medium/Technique
Porcelain, colored enamels, gilding
Dimensions
Overall: 2.9 × 22.9 cm (1 1/8 × 9 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Abby Rockefeller Mauze
Accession Number1977.276
NOT ON VIEW
DescriptionPlate decorated with an allegory of Earth, in which the ancient earth goddess Berecynthia, crowned and holding a blue globe, rides in a lion-drawn chariot. She is accompanied by Flora, Ceres, and Bacchus, surrounded by putti carrying out various agricultural tasks. Possbily based on a 1695 print by Etienne Baudet after the painting by Francesco Albani (1578-1660) in the Galleria Sabauda, Turin. Blue scrollwork decorates the rim.