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Chinese export porcelain

Dinner Plate

1796–1810
Hard-paste porcelain, glaze, with enamels in colors, and gilding

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

This plate was part of a large service made for the 1796 wedding of New York politician DeWitt Clinton (1769–1828) and his bride, Maria Franklin (1775–1818). The decorative Chinese landscape is encircled by a spearhead border and depictions of the eight Chinese Immortals of the Taoist religion, a purely Chinese decoration. Only the entwined gold initials DWMC indicate that this plate was made for a foreign market.

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