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ii. Dish. Chinese(Continentalmarket),firstquarter
of the i8th century.Hard paste. Diam. 153/8in.
(39.I cm). Mark: lozenge. The Hans Syz Collection,
Gift of StephanB. SyzandJohnD. Syz,I995
(1995.268.70)

TheinfluencoefJapanessetyleon Chinesexportwares
isseenin thislargedisplaypiece,in whichChineseflora
areenframebdyImarimotifsandpatterns.

12. Bowl. Chinese (English market), ca. I7I5. Hard paste. Diam. 73/4 in. (I9.7 cm). Bowl, detailof coatof arms
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Rafi Y. Mottahedeh, I975 (I975.435)

This airy versionof ChineseImari combinestheJapaneseironred,blue,andgold and adapted by their respective porcelain
with Chinesemotifsof the lotusand scepter(ruyi) heads.Thecoatof armsis of the factories, Meissen and Chantilly,and thence
Horsemondenfamilya, nd-fortuitously?-as thecolorsand metalsof theshieldhappen circulated to a wider audience. Relatively few
to matchthoseof theImaripalette, thedecorativeschemeis uninterruptedA. branch famille verte porcelains of Western form are
of thefamily-that spelledthe nameHorsemanden-settled in Americain thelate known (figs. 13, 14) and almost none with
seventeenthcentury;theservicehasbeenassociatedwith Daniel Horsemandenof personalized decoration. Rather-like the
New York(I691-i778), buthis ownershiphas not beenconfirmed. thousands of blue and white vases that

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