拍品 106
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AN INITIALLED GEORGE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL LEAF DISH
AN INITIALLED GEORGE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL LEAF DISH

CIRCA 1800

细节
AN INITIALLED GEORGE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL LEAF DISH
Circa 1800
The funerary monument surmounted by a United States eagle and inscribed WASHINGTON, a weeping willow growing alongside, all below the gilt script monogram JRL and on a ground lightly moulded with veining, the rim with a series of neoclassical borders in tones of sepia and gilt
5.3/8in. (13.6cm.) long

拍品专文

Probably commissioned by Judith and Robert Lewis, nephew and wife of George Washington, whose death on 14 December 1799 apparently inspired three similar commemorative services. A pair of custard cups are at Winterthur (see A.M. Palmer, A Winterthur Guide to Chinese Export Porcelain, p. 132) and a platter is in the collection of the White House (see E. Gordon, Collecting Chinese Export Porcelain, p. 144).